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Catholic Prayers and Devotions

A short selection of Traditional Catholic prayers and Devotions. These are prayers of intercession, prayers of adoration, professions of faith, contemplative prayers, and others. Pray any prayer you like at any time. Enjoy God's presence.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Ave Verum Corpus

Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, having truly suffered, sacrificed on the cross for mankind, from whose pierced side water and blood flowed: Be for us a sweet foretaste in the trial of death! O sweet Jesus, O holy Jesus, O Jesus, son of Mary.
Ave verum corpus natum ex Maria Virgine, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine, cujus latus perforatum vero fluxit et sanguine, esto nobis praegustatum mortis in examine. O clemens, O pie, O dulcis Jesu, Fili Mariae.

The Pope's Monthly Intention

For more prayers, see the 55 volumes of Catholic prayers in Latin in the Analecta Hymnica