Read today's prayer. https://www.catholic.org Copyright 2026 Catholic Online en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:02:54 PDT https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-25 Heavenly Father, Almighty God, I humble myself before your Presence. What a joy it is to come to you. I thank you and I praise your infinite Majesty, Omnipotence and Perfections. Please forgive me of all my sins. Lord I come to you in my nothingness. I want to worship you and adore you, to love you with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul and with all my strength. I want to burn with desire for you like an angel. I need you my Lord, I am ... Catholic Online 2026-10-25 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-25 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-24 He who prays is certain to be saved; while he who prays not is certain to be damned. All the saints were saved, and came to be saints by praying; all the accursed souls in hell were lost through neglect of prayer; if they had prayed, it is certain that they would not have been lost. And this will be one of the greatest occasions of their anguish in hell, the thought that they might have saved themselves so easily; that they had only to beg God to help them, but that now the time is past when ... Catholic Online 2026-10-24 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-24 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-23 Blood of Christ, inebriate me! Inebriate me with Your Love, that I may be absorbed in Your interests and Your Will. Absorbed so as to be unmindful of my ills and petty cares. Unmindful of weariness and pain, heartache, and disappointment. Heedless of the lash of cruel words, and patient under wrongs. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-10-23 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-23 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-22 Oh, St. John Paul, from the window of heaven, grant us your blessing! Bless the church that you loved and served and guided, courageously leading it along the paths of the world in order to bring Jesus to everyone and everyone to Jesus. Bless the young, who were your great passion. Help them dream again, help them look up high again to find the light that illuminates the paths of life here on earth. May you bless families, bless each family! You warned of Satan's assault against this ... Catholic Online 2026-10-22 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-22 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-21 Holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-10-21 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-21 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-20 I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth; I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again. He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the ... Catholic Online 2026-10-20 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-20 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-19 Father in Heaven, You made me Your child and called me to walk in the Light of Christ. Free me from darkness and keep me in the Light of Your Truth. The Light of Jesus has scattered the darkness of hatred and sin. Called to that Light, I ask for Your guidance. Form my life in Your Truth, my heart in Your Love. Through the Holy Eucharist, give me the power of Your Grace that I may walk in the Light of Jesus and serve Him faithfully. Catholic Online 2026-10-19 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-19 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-18 Glorious St. Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty above my many sins; to work with thankfulness and joy, considering it an honor to employ and develop, by means of labor, the gifts received from God; to work with order, peace, prudence and patience, never surrendering to weariness or difficulties; to work, above all, with purity of intention, and with detachment from self, having always death before my ... Catholic Online 2026-10-18 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-18 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-17 Loving God, I thank you for the gift of life you gave and continue to give to me and to all of us. Merciful God, I ask your pardon and forgiveness for my own failure and the failure of all people to respect and foster all forms of life in our universe. Gracious God, I pray that with your grace, I and all people will reverence, protect, and promote all life and that we will be especially sensitive to the life of the unborn, the abused, neglected, disabled, and the elderly. I pray, too, ... Catholic Online 2026-10-17 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-17 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-16 Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your Fragrance everywhere I go. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through me and be so in me, that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your Presence in my soul: let them look up and see no longer me--but only Jesus. Saint John Neuman Catholic Online 2026-10-16 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-16 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-15 O Saint Teresa, seraphic Virgin, beloved spouse of thy crucified Lord, thou who on earth didst burn with a love so intense toward thy God and my God, and now dost glow with a brighter and purer flame in paradise: obtain for me also, I beseech thee, a spark of that same holy fire which shall cause me to forget the world, all things created, and even myself; for thou didst ever avidly desire to see Him loved by all men. Grant that my every thought and desire and affection may be continually ... Catholic Online 2026-10-15 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-15 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-14 Precious Blood and Word of God, You are my eternal salvation. Lost in sin, You liberated me. You lifted me from perdition. Treasuring my feeble soul, You excused my constant frailties. Forever, I am indebted to You. Your cost can never be repaid, For You bought my freedom with Blood. I will always seek You out my Lord, You are my beloved Deliverer! You are the Lamb of God! Catholic Online 2026-10-14 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-14 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-13 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are ... Catholic Online 2026-10-13 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-13 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-12 O Lord, the God of mercies, grant unto the souls of Thy servants the anniversary day of whose burial we are keeping, a place of solace, of peaceful rest, of glorious light. Through Christ our Lord, Amen. Catholic Online 2026-10-12 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-12 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-11 Father of love, hear my prayer. Help me to know Your Will and to do it with courage and faith. Accept my offering of myself, all my thoughts, words, deeds, and sufferings. May my life be spent giving You glory. Give me the strength to follow Your call, so that Your Truth may live in my heart and bring peace to me and to those I meet, for I believe in Your Love. Catholic Online 2026-10-11 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-11 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-10 Almighty and Eternal God, Give me, I beseech You, the great gift of inward peace. Command the winds and storms of my unruly passions. Subdue, by Your grace, my proneness to love created things too much. Give me a love of suffering for Your sake. make me forbearing and kind to others, that I may avoid quarrels and contentions. And teach me constantly to seek after and to acquire that perfect resignation to Your Holy Will which alone brings interior peace. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-10-10 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-10 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-08 Eternal Father, I humbly adore Thee, and thank Thee for having created me, and for having redeemed me through Jesus Christ. I thank Thee most sincerely for having made me a Christian, by giving me the true faith, and by adopting me as Thy son, in the sacrament of baptism. I thank Thee for having, after the numberless sins I had committed, waited for my repentance, and for having pardoned (as I humbly hope) all the offences which I have offered to Thee, and for which I am now sincerely sorry, ... Catholic Online 2026-10-08 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-08 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-07 O God the Father of mankind, who hast given unto me these my children, and committed them to my charge to bring them up for Thee, and to prepare them for eternal life: help me with Thy heavenly grace, that I may be able to fulfil this most sacred duty and stewardship. Teach me both what to give and what to withhold; when to reprove and when to forbear; make me to be gentle, yet firm; considerate and watchful; and deliver me equally from the weakness of indulgence, and the excess of severity; ... Catholic Online 2026-10-07 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-07 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-06 O Good Saint Anne, who had the incomparable privilege of bringing into the world Her who was to become the Mother of God, I come to place myself under your special care. I confide myself to you, together with the child I am carrying. Thousands of children owe you, Glorious Mother of Mary, the life of the body and the grace of baptism. Hence I wish, in my turn, to place my whole confidence in you. Make me keep in mind the precautions I need to take so as not to ... Catholic Online 2026-10-06 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-06 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-05 Most High, all-powerful, all-good Lord, All praise is Yours, all glory, all honour and all blessings. To you alone, Most High, do they belong, and no mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your Name. Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour, Of You Most High, he bears the likeness. Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars, ... Catholic Online 2026-10-05 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-05 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-04 Most High, Glorious God, enlighten the darkness of our minds. Give us a right faith, a firm hope and a perfect charity, so that we may always and in all things act according to Your Holy Will. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-10-04 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-04 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-03 Remember, O most chaste Spouse of the Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help and sought your intercession was left unassisted. Full of confidence in your power, I fly unto you, and beg your protection. Despise not, O foster-father of the Redeemer, my humble supplication, but in your bounty, hear and answer me. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-10-03 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-03 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-02 Almighty God, our Father, you who have given us life and intended us to have it forever, grant us your blessings. Enlighten our minds to an awareness and to a renewed conviction that all human life is sacred because it is created in your image and likeness. Help us to teach by word and the example of our lives that life occupies the first place, that human life is precious because it is the gift of God whose love is infinite. Give us the strength to ... Catholic Online 2026-10-02 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-02 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-01 Govern by all Thy Wisdom, O Lord, so that my soul may always be serving Thee as Thou dost Will, and not as I may choose. Do not punish me, I beseech Thee, by granting that which I wish or ask if it offended Thy Love, which would always live in me. Let me die to myself, so that I may love Thee. Let me live to Thee, Who art in Thyself, the True Life. Dear St. Therese, guide me in your Little Way, so that I may ascend to the heights and happiness of Heaven. Catholic Online 2026-10-01 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-01 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-30 (This is an old Guardian Angel Prayer) O Holy Angel, attendant of my wretched soul and of mine afflicted life, forsake me not, a sinner, neither depart from me for mine inconstancy. Give no place to the evil demon to subdue me with the oppression of this mortal body; but take me by my wretched and outstretched hand, and lead me in the way of salvation. Yea, O holy Angel of God, the guardian and protector of my hapless soul and body, forgive me all things ... Catholic Online 2026-09-30 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-30 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-29 I salute thee, holy Angel who didst comfort my Jesus in His agony, and with thee I praise the most holy Trinity for having chosen thee from among all the holy Angels to comfort and strengthen Him who is the comfort and strength of all that are in affliction. By the honor thou didst enjoy and by the obedience, humility and love wherewith thou didst assist the sacred Humanity of Jesus, my Savior, when He was fainting for very sorrow at seeing the sins of the world and especially my sins, I ... Catholic Online 2026-09-29 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-29 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-28 My soul, dilate thy heart; thy Jesus can give thee every good gift; He loves thee ardently. Hope, then, for great favours from this Lord, Who, through an impulse of love, comes to thee all love. Yes, my Jesus, my hope, I trust in Thy goodness, that in giving Thyself to me this morning, Thou wilt kindle in my poor soul the flames of Thy pure love, and of an ardent desire to please Thee, that, from this day forward, I may wish only what Thou wishest. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-09-28 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-28 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-27 O eternal God and Ruler of all creation, You have allowed me to reach this hour. Forgive the sins I have committed this day by word, deed or thought. Purify me, O Lord, from every spiritual and physical stain. Grant that I may rise from this sleep to glorify You by my deeds throughout my entire lifetime, and that I be victorious over every spiritual and physical enemy. Deliver me, O Lord, from all vain thoughts and from evil desires, for yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, ... Catholic Online 2026-09-27 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-27