Pray
However little you have, bring that.
One sentence counts. One minute counts. Nothing here requires you to feel a certain way first.
The prayers Catholics know by heart
Short, ancient, and easy to learn.
The Our Father
The prayer Jesus himself gave us when his friends asked how to pray.
The Hail Mary
Asking the mother of Jesus to pray with you and for you.
The Glory Be
A short prayer of praise you can say in a single breath.
The Apostles' Creed
A summary of what Christians believe: you can pray it even on days you are unsure.
The Sign of the Cross
The oldest and shortest Catholic prayer: a way of beginning and ending in the name of God.
Guardian Angel Prayer
Asking the angel God gave you to watch over you today.
Act of Contrition
A short prayer of sorrow for sin, often prayed in Confession or at the end of the day.
Praying slowly
Rosary, Divine Mercy, and novenas.
Pray the Rosary
A slow, repeating prayer that walks through the life of Jesus with Mary.
The Divine Mercy Chaplet
A prayer of trust in God's mercy, often prayed for oneself and for the whole world.
Novenas
Nine days of praying for the same intention: a way to stay with something that matters.
The Memorare
A very old prayer asking Mary's help, traditionally attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux.
Anima Christi (Soul of Christ)
An ancient prayer of surrender, often prayed after receiving Communion.
Prayer of St. Francis
A beloved peace prayer long associated with St. Francis of Assisi, though historians note it cannot be traced to him in writing: it first appeared in print in the early twentieth century.
Morning and night
Two small anchors for the day.
For hard moments
Fear, grief, anger, and after harm.
Prayer when afraid
For nights when fear is louder than everything else.
Prayer when grieving
Grief is not a lack of faith. It is love with nowhere to go.
Prayer when angry with God
You are allowed to say this out loud. The Psalms do.
Prayer after abuse
Prayer that asks nothing of you except honesty. It does not ask you to forgive today.
When you don't know what to say
Sometimes one sentence is a whole prayer.
Prayer during illness
For bodies that are struggling, and the fear that comes with that.
Prayer in addiction and recovery
For the days recovery feels impossible, and the days it feels almost possible.
Prayer for a sleepless night
For the hours when your mind will not stop, and morning feels far away.
Prayer before a court date
For hearings, filings, and days when the outcome is out of your hands.
Prayer when out of work
For the fear underneath job loss and the wait for something to change.
Prayer when you are thinking about ending your life
If you are in crisis right now, please also call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact local emergency services. This prayer does not replace that call.
Prayer with the marginalized
Prayed alongside people who are pushed aside, not over them, and tied to Matthew 25 and the works of mercy.
A prayer with people who have been pushed aside
Prayed alongside people who are treated as disposable, not over them.
For people who are hungry or without shelter
For anyone who will not eat today, and anyone with nowhere safe to sleep.
For refugees, migrants, and displaced families
Prayed in company with the Holy Family, who fled a ruler who wanted their child dead.
For people in prison and those who love them
Christ was arrested, held, and tried. He named prisoners in Matthew 25 for a reason.
For people who are sick, disabled, or dying
For anyone treated as a burden, a case number, or a diagnosis.
For survivors of abuse and trafficking
A prayer that asks for safety and justice, never for endurance.
For people who have been shut out by religious communities
For anyone who was told, in God's name, that they did not belong.
For the courage to recognise Christ in my neighbour
The prayer that goes with the works of mercy: eyes first, then hands.
For someone else
Family, the dying, and forgiveness.
Prayer for family
For families that are close, complicated, or estranged.
Prayer for someone who is dying
Words for the bedside, when there is nothing left to fix.
Prayer for forgiveness
For when you are the one who caused harm, and want to begin again.
Prayer for parenting alone
For the exhaustion and love of raising children without the help you should have had.
Coming later
A private prayer journal
An optional account will let you keep saved prayers, favorite Scripture, saved resources, and a journal. Journals are designed to be private by default: never published, never shown to other users, and never used to build a public prayer wall.
If prayer itself is the hard part
Christ among the rejected
Prayer with people, not over them
Matthew 25 puts prayer and action in the same sentence. Christ says he is found among the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the unclothed, the sick, and the imprisoned.
The prayers in "Prayer with the marginalized" above are written to be prayed alongside people, never as commentary about them. They ask for concrete things: food, shelter, papers, safety, medical care, an end to what is being done. Where a prayer touches abuse or trafficking, it asks for escape and accountability, not endurance.
The corporal works of mercy come straight out of that passage: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, visit the sick, visit the imprisoned, bury the dead. Prayer that never reaches any of them has quietly changed the subject.