Prayers

What is Perfect Contrition? How can we attain it? The fact that we can always make an act of perfect contrition, in any circumstance, and at any time, is very consoling and very important to remember.

Recite this Marian prayer from Holy Saturday through Pentecost, said in place of the Angelus at 12 noon.

The beautiful Anima Christi, also known as the holy communion prayer, was composed by St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church.

Meditations on the reason for the existence of sorrow, the "appalling benefactress."

The following Lenten reflections deal with suffering. It was by the Cross that our good Lord opened the gates of Heaven for us and it will be through the victory over suffering, in other words, through suffering well accepted, that we will some day be able to enter those Heavenly gates.

Three short Christmas meditations on Christ's Majesty, Accessibility, and His Compassion.

With each of the apparitions of the Angel of Portugal to the three shepherd children of Fatima, the Angel left them with a prayer or offering to God.

Learn how to pray the rosary, the beautiful prayer given to St. Dominic by the Blessed Virgin Mary and the indulgences and promises associated with it.

From November 1 to 8, find out how you can send one or more of your departed loved ones from Purgatory to Heaven in an instant!