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Prayer for the Family: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, January 18, 2026

O God of goodness and mercy, to Thy fatherly guidance we commend our family, our household and all our belongings. We commit all to Thy love and keeping; do Thou fill this house with Thy blessings even as Thou didst fill the holy House of Nazareth with Thy presence. Keep far from us, above all else, the blemish of sin, and do Thou alone reign in our midst by Thy law, by Thy most holy love and by the exercise of every Christian virtue. Let each one of us obey Thee, love Thee and set himself ...

Act of Hope before Holy Communion #1: Prayer of the Day for Saturday, January 17, 2026

O Christ Jesus, I am sinful dust and ashes, but Thou callest to Thee all who labour and are burdened, that Thou mayest refresh them. Art not Thou my refuge? To whom else shall I go? Thou hast the words of eternal life, Thou alone canst comfort me in every trouble. Lord, I am weak and sick, but Thou art my salvation. Those who are well need not a physician, but those who are sick. Therefore I come to Thee, my physical and my refuge, hoping that this ...

Prayer for the Help of the Holy Spirit: Prayer of the Day for Friday, January 16, 2026

O God, send forth your Holy Spirit into my heart that I may perceive, into my mind that I may remember, and into my soul that I may meditate. Inspire me to speak with piety, holiness, tenderness and mercy. Teach, guide and direct my thoughts and senses from beginning to end. May your grace ever help and correct me, and may I be strengthened now with wisdom from on high, for the sake of your infinite mercy. Amen. Saint Anthony of Padua

Arising from Sleep: Prayer of the Day for Thursday, January 15, 2026

O Master and holy God, who are beyond our understanding: at your word, light came forth out of darkness. In your mercy, you gave us rest through night-long sleep, and raised us up to glorify your goodness and to offer our supplication to You. Now, in your own tender love, accept us who adore You and give thanks to You with all our heart. Grant us all our requests, if they lead to salvation; give us the grace of manifesting that we are children of light and day, and heirs to your eternal reward. ...

Come Holy Spirit: Prayer of the Day for Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

Act of Hope #2: Prayer of the Day for Tuesday, January 13, 2026

O my God, trusting in your promises and because you are faithful, powerful and merciful, I hope, through the merits of Jesus Christ, for the pardon of my sins, final perseverance and the blessed glory of heaven

Prayers at the Day's Beginning: Prayer of the Day for Monday, January 12, 2026

Lord, one more day to love you! Brother Charles de Foucauld O Jesus, watch over me always, especially today, or I shall betray you like Judas. St. Philip Neri Lord, today is the day I begin! St. Philip Neri Jesus, shine through me and be so in me that every person I come in contact with may feel your presence in my soul. John Henry Cardinal Newman My God, send me thy Holy Spirit to teach me what I am and what thou art! St. John Vianney May the ...

Act of Desire: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, January 11, 2026

My soul, the happy hour is arrived; Jesus comes to dwell in my poor heart. Behold the King of heaven, thy Redeemer and thy God, coming to thee; prepare thyself to receive Him with love; say to Him with the most ardent desire: Come, O my Jesus, come to me: I desire to receive Thee, before Thou dost give Thyself to me, I desire to give Thee my miserable heart; accept it, come and take full possession of it. Come, my God, make haste; do not delay. I would wish to ...

Prayer to the Infant Jesus: Prayer of the Day for Saturday, January 10, 2026

O Most Amiable Child Jesus, You Who said: �Ask and you shall receive,� graciously hear my petition and grant me the favor I ask of You, if it be for Your Greater Honor and Glory and for the good of my soul. Amen.

Prayer for Students: Prayer of the Day for Friday, January 09, 2026

Under thy patronage, dear Mother, and calling on the mystery of thine Immaculate Conception, I desire to pursue my studies and my literary labors: I hereby solemnly declare that I am giving myself to these studies chiefly to the following end: that I may the better contribute to the glory of God and to the promotion of thy veneration among men. I pray thee, therefore, most loving Mother, who art the Seat of Wisdom, to bless my labors in thy loving-kindness. Moreover I promise with true ...