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A Large PrintPrayer Book

ContentsMorning Prayers ......................3Night Prayers ...........................6The Holy Rosary....................12Gospel Canticles....................21Well-Loved Prayers ...............26Prayers for Confession...........45Prayers for Holy Communion ..54The Divine Praises.................62

3MORNING PRAYERSThe Sign of the CrossIn the name of the Father and ofthe Son and of the Holy SpiritAmen.I thank you, Lord, for the wonderof my being, for giving meanother day to love and serveyou. May I often think of youduring today!Dear Lord, inspire everything

4A LARGE P RINT P RAYER B OOKwe say and do this day. May itall begin from you and withyour unfailing help be carriedthrough for your glory. We askthis through Christ our Lord.Strengthen in your love and intheir vocation our Holy Father,the Pope, all bishops and priestsand other ministers. Lord hearmy prayer.Guide the leaders of the nationsto establish the rule of justicefor peace for the whole humanfamily. Lord hear my prayer.

6NIGHT PRAYERSMy God, from my heart I thankyou for the many blessings youhave given to me. I thank you forhaving created me and forhaving placed me in your holyCatholic Church; and for havinggiven me so many graces andmercies through the merits ofJesus Christ. And I thank you,dear Jesus, for having become alittle child for my sake, to teachme to be holy and humble likeyou; and for having died on the

T HE H OLY R OSARY 134. The Presentation in theTemple5. The Finding of the ChildJesus in the TempleII. The Five LuminousMysteries1. The Baptism in the Jordan2. The Wedding at Cana3. The Proclamation of theKingdom of God4. The Transfiguration5. The Institution of theEucharist

T HE H OLY R OSARY 15Spirit on the Apostles4. The Assumption5. The Coronation of the BlessedVirgin Mary in Heaven andthe Glory of all the SaintsThe Apostles’ CreedI believe in God, the Fatheralmighty, creator of heaven andearth. I believe in Jesus Christ,his only Son, our Lord. He wasconceived by the power of theHoly Spirit and born of theVirgin Mary. He suffered underPontius Pilate, was crucified,died and was buried. He

T HE H OLY R OSARY 17done on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our dailybread, and forgive us ourtrespasses, as we forgive thosewho trespass against us, andlead us not into temptation butdeliver us from evil. Amen.Hail MaryHail Mary, full of grace, theLord is with thee. Blessed artthou among women, and blessedis the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.Holy Mary, Mother of God, prayfor us sinners, now, and in thehour of our death. Amen.

18A LARGE P RINT P RAYER B OOKGlory beGlory be to the Father, and to theSon, and to the Holy Spirit. As it wasin the beginning, is now, and evershall be, world without end. Amen.Fatima PrayerO my Jesus forgive us our sins.Save us from the fires of hell. Leadall souls to heaven, especiallythose most in need of your mercy.Prayer for the DeadEternal rest grant unto them, OLord and let perpetual lightshine upon them. May they restin peace. Amen

T HE H OLY R OSARY 19Hail Holy QueenHail, holy Queen, Mother ofMercy, hail, our life, oursweetness and our hope. Tothee do we cry, poor banishedchildren of Eve; to thee do wesend up our sighs, mourningand weeping in this valley oftears. Turn then, most graciousadvocate, thine eyes of mercytowards us; and after this ourexile, show unto us the blessedfruit of thy womb, Jesus. Oclement, O loving, O sweetVirgin Mary.

20A LARGE P RINT P RAYER B OOKV. Pray for us O holy Mother of God.R. That we may be made worthyof the promises of Christ.Concluding PrayerO God, whose only-begottenSon, by his life, death andresurrection, has purchased for usthe rewards of eternal life; grant,we beseech thee, that meditatingon these mysteries of the mostholy rosary of the Blessed VirginMary, we may both imitate whatthey contain, and obtain whatthey promise, through the sameChrist Our Lord.

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