Eternal Rest (Requiem Aeternam)

REQUIEM

ETERNAL

aeternam
dona ei (eis), Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat
ei (eis). Requiescat (ant) in pace. Amen.

rest grant
unto him/her (them), O
Lord, and let perpetual
light
shine
upon
him/her (them). May
he/she (they) rest in
peace. Amen.

Act of Faith (Actus Fidei)

DOMINE

O LORD God, I firmly

Deus, firma
fide credo et confiteor
omnia et singula quae
sancta
ecclesia
Catholica proponit, quia
tu, Deus, ea omnia
revelasti, qui es aeterna
veritas et sapientia
quae nec fallere nec falli
potest. In hac fide
vivere et mori statuo.
Amen.

believe each and every

truth which the holy
Catholic
Church
teaches, because You,
O God, Who art eternal
truth and wisdom
which can neither
deceive
nor
be
deceived, hast revealed
them all. In this faith I
stand to live and die.
Amen.

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est de Spiritu Sancto,

natus ex Maria Virgine,
passus sub Pontio Pilato,
crucifixus, mortuus, et
sepultus, descendit ad
inferos,
tertia
die
resurrexit a mortuis,
ascendit ad caelos, sedet
ad dexteram Dei Patris
omnipotentis,
inde
venturus est iudicare
vivos et mortuos. Credo
in Spiritum Sanctum,
sanctam
Ecclesiam
catholicam, sanctorum
communionem,
remissionem
peccatorum,
carnis
resurrectionem, vitam
aeternam. Amen.

of the Holy Spirit & born

of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius
Pilate, was crucified,
died, and was buried; He
descended into hell; on
the third day He rose
again from the dead; He
ascended into heaven &
is seated at the right
hand of God, the Father
Almighty; from there He
will come to judge the
living & the dead. I
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the
communion
of
saints, the forgiveness of
sins, the resurrection of
the body & the life
everlasting. Amen.

Angel of God (Angele Dei)

ANGELE DEI, qui custos ANGEL

MAY THE GLORIOUS LIGHT OF CHRIST JESUS DISPEL
THE DARKNESS OF HEART AND MIND; AND MAY HIS
FACE SHINE UPON OUR MIDST. AMEN.

OF GOD, my
guardian dear, to whom
his love commits me
here; Ever this (day,
night) be at my side,
To light & guard, to rule
& guide. Amen.

es
mei,
me
tibi
commissum
pietate
superna; (Hodie, Hac
nocte) illumina, custodi,
rege, et guberna. Amen.

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OREMUS
Omnipotens sempiterne
Deus, qui gloriosae
Virginis Matris Mariae
corpus et animam, ut
dignum
Filii
tui
habitaculum
effici
mereretur,
Spiritu
Sancto
cooperante,
praeparasti: da, ut cuius
commemoratione
laetamur;
eius
pia
intercessione,
ab
instantibus malis, et a
morte
perpetua
liberemur. Per eundem
Christum
Dominum
nostrum. Amen.

LET US PRAY
Almighty, everlasting
God, who by the
cooperation of the Holy
Spirit, didst prepare the
body and soul of the
glorious Virgin-Mother
Mary to become a
worthy dwelling for
Your Son; grant that we
who rejoice in her
commemoration may,
by
her
loving
intercession,
be
delivered from present
evils and from the
everlasting
death.
Amen.

The Apostles Creed

CREDO

Father
almighty,
Creator of heaven and
earth, and in Jesus
Christ, His only Son, our
Lord,
Who
was
conceived by the power

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A CATHOLIC MANUAL OF PRAYERS, HYMNS, CHANTS &

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I BELIEVE in God, the

in
Deum
Patrem omnipotentem,
Creatorem caeli et
terrae. Et in Iesum
Christum, Filium eius
unicum,
Dominum
nostrum, qui conceptus

Abide in Me

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May 2016

Acknowledgements
Excerpts from A Manual of Prayers for the use of Catholic Laity
by Clarence E. Woodman 1888; excerpts from The Raccolta
or Collection of Indulgenced Prayers & Good Works by
Ambrose St John 1910; excerpts from The Catholic
Prayerbook and Manual of Meditations compiled by His
Eminence Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of
Sydney 1883; excerpts from The Manual of Catholic Piety by
Rev. William Gahan, O.S.A. 1863; excerpts from With God: A
Book of Prayers & Reflections by Fr. F. Lasance 1911; excerpts
from Special Devotion to the Holy Ghost: A Manual for the use
of Seminarians, priests, religious and the Christian People by
Dr. Otto Zardetti, V.G. 1888; excerpts from The Augustinian
Manual, by an Augustinian Father 1885; excerpts from The
Seraphic Guide: A Manual for the members of the Third Order of
St. Francis, by a Franciscan Father 1884; excerpts from The
Pocket Prayerbook: for the use of the clergy and others in the
visitation of the sick by Charles Fredereick Gore 1877;
excerpts from Novenas, Hymns, And Litanies, in Honour of St.
Francis of Assisi and St. Clare by a Religious of The Order 0f
Poor Clares 1863; excerpts from The Prayer-book of St.
Mary's Parish, Akron, Ohio 1901; excerpts from Our Spiritual
Service to the Sick & Dying By Rev. Edwin G. Kaiser, C.PP.S.
1929; excerpts from The Wayfarers Prayer book by Rev. John
Talbot Smith, LL.D. 1917; excerpts from the English
translation of The Roman Missal 2o10, International
Committee on English

Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina)

SALVE, Regina, mater HAIL

misericordiae,
vita,
dulcedo, et spes nostra,
salve. Ad te clamamus
exsules filii Hevae. Ad te
suspiramus, gementes
et flentes in hac
lacrimarum valle. Eia,
ergo, advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes
oculos ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum
fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium
ostende. O clemens, O
pia, O dulcis Virgo
Maria.

holy Queen,
Mother of mercy, our
life, our sweetness, &
our hope. To you do we
cry, poor banished
children of Eve. To you
do we send up our
sighs, mourning &
weeping in this valley of
tears. Turn then, most
gracious
Advocate,
thine eyes of mercy
toward us. And after
this our exile show unto
us the blessed fruit of
your womb, Jesus. O
clement, O loving, O
sweet Virgin Mary.

V. Ora pro nobis, sancta

Dei Genetrix.

V. Pray for us, O Holy

Mother of God.

R. Ut digni efficiamur
promissionibus Christi.

R. That we may be
made worthy of the
promises of Christ.

Hail Mary (Ave Maria)

AVE

MARIA, gratia
plena,
Dominus
tecum. Benedicta tu
in mulieribus, et
benedictus fructus
ventris tui, Iesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater
Dei, ora pro nobis
peccatoribus, nunc,
et in hora mortis
nostrae. Amen.

HAIL MARY, full of grace,

the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst
women and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of
God, pray for us sinners,
now, and in the hour of
our death. Amen.

Glory be (Gloria Patri)

GLORIA Patri, et Filio, GLORY be to the Father,

et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio,
et nunc, et semper, et
in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.

and to the Son, and to

the Holy Spirit. As it was
in the beginning, is now,
and will be forever.
Amen.

INTRODUCTION

HE grace of prayer is a universal grace granted to

all men and is necessary as a means of salvation.
Prayer is in everybody's power, for prayer is so easy
that no one can reasonably pretend that he is unable
to pray. Every man, rich or poor, learned or illiterate,
healthy or sick, strong or weak, young or old, busy or
at leisure can pray at all times in all positions, even in
walking and in lying down; during the day and at
night, as the early Christians used to do.
God is everywhere present, and is ever ready
to listen to our petitions for His help. In speaking
with God or praying, says St. Teresa, we need not
use many words or choice phrases; all that is requisite
is that we remain deeply recollected in His presence,
simply stating to Him our wants in our own words, or
merely in our thoughts without uttering a single word,
and reminding Him of His promise to help us.
Since God wills that we should attain a
destiny beyond the reach of our natural powers, He
must necessarily be willing to grant us His help to
attain it, whenever we, earnestly pray for it. We need
God's grace for every thought and act pertaining to
salvation; we are naturally weak and prone to evil,
and cannot of ourselves keep all the commandments
of God. For this we need His special assistance, which,
in the ordinary course of His providence, He grants
only to those who pray for it, because He will not
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force His graces on the unwilling, and those who

really want them will surely ask for them.
We have a beautiful illustration of this in the
Gospel of St. Matthew about Jesus encounter with a
Canaanite woman, who persistently pleads with Him
to heal her daughter (Mt. 15: 21 - 28). Jesus heals her
daughter, and He proclaims that this woman has
great faith. If we also persevere in prayer as the
Canaanite woman did, we also shall be favorably
heard by God in His own good time.
A lack of perseverance in prayer argues a lack
of earnest desire. God, by deferring to hear us, does
not refuse our prayers, but will even grant us far more
than we ask. Speaking on this subject, St. Jerome
says: God, knowing die weight and measure of His
goodness, sometimes appears insensible to our
prayers, in order to try us, to urge us to pray more
earnestly, and to make us more holy through
constant prayer.

On Prayer Vocal Prayer & Ejaculatory

Prayer in Particular

ll true Christians frequently recite vocal prayers,

such as the Our Father, the Hail Mary, Apostles
Creed, Acts of faith, hope, charity, and contrition as
well as some Ejaculatory or short prayers. The Church
through the years has enriched many of these prayers
with numerous indulgences, and has approved of
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BASIC & COMMON PRAYERS

Sign of the Cross (Signum Crucis)

IN nomine Patris, et IN the name of the Father

Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.
Amen.

& of the Son & of the Holy

Spirit. Amen.

Our Father (Pater Noster)

PATER NOSTER, qui es OUR FATHER, who art

in caelis, sanctificetur
nomen tuum. Adveniat
regnum tuum. Fiat
voluntas tua, sicut in
caelo et in terra. Panem
nostrum quotidianum
da nobis hodie, et
dimitte nobis debita
nostra sicut et nos
dimittimus debitoribus
nostris. Et ne nos
inducas in tentationem,
sed libera nos a malo.
Amen.

in heaven, hallowed be
Thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done
on earth as it is in
heaven. Give us this day
our daily bread and
forgive
us
our
trespasses
as
we
forgive those who
trespassed against us.
And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver
us from evil. Amen.

many prayer-books filled with prayers suited to every

want and devotion for us to gain a twofold advantage
the benefit of the beautiful and devout prayers
themselves, and the indulgences, which help us to
acquit ourselves of the great temporal debt which we
have contracted toward the divine justice on account
of our numerous sins or we may also apply said
indulgences, when so applicable, to the souls in
purgatory, who will be relieved thereby and will not
fail to intercede for us in our wants.
Vocal prayer & Ejaculatory Prayer, then, are
both useful and necessary for all men without
exception even for those who are soaring in the
heights of contemplation. It would be well to join, to
a certain extent, mental prayer with our vocal &
ejaculatory prayers, for the merit of the latter would
be thereby greatly increased. In reciting vocal prayers
we should strive to attend the meaning of the words,
appropriating it to ourselves with all possible fervor
and earnestness or, without at all pausing, we reflect
thereon while actually pronouncing the prayers with
our lips. The Rosary is the most common and readily
understood example of this manner of praying. While
we are reciting the Our Father and the Hail Marys of
each decade of the Rosary, we meditate or reflect on
some mystery connected with the life of Jesus Christ
or of His blessed Mother.

A few short vocal & ejaculatory prayers well said,

specially in times of trial & temptation are far more
acceptable to God than a great many long ones
recited without attention or fervor. If we accustom
ourselves to recite these prayers in this way, we shall
not only make them our own and pray well, but we
shall also acquire the habit of making mental prayer,
which tends to unite us more closely to God, and,
through the practical imitation of our divine Savior's
virtues, to render us conformable to Him.

Mental Prayer or Meditation

aily Meditation for at least a quarter of an hour

both in the morning and in the evening,
especially in front of the Blessed Sacrament aids us
powerfully in the pursuit of our destiny, to know God,
to love Him, to serve Him that we may be happy with
Him forever; it helps us to know ourselves and to
discover the means of avoiding and correcting our
vices, our faults, and weaknesses; it reveals to us the
dangers to which our salvation is exposed and leads
us to pray with a contrite and humble heart for the
necessary graces to cope with temptations, to
control our passions, & to lead a holy life.
Mental prayer inflames our hearts with the
love of God and strengthens us to do His holy will with
zeal and perseverance. It differs from mere study in
its object. We study to improve our minds and to
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store up information; we meditate to move the will to

pray and to embrace what is good. We study that we
may know; we meditate that we may pray.
St. Teresa tells us that in her meditations she
helped herself with a book for seventeen years. By
reading a text from the Holy Scripture or a few lines
out of some other holy book such as, The Imitation
of Christ, and other books written by Saints, the
mind is rendered attentive and is set on a train of
thought. Further to help the mind you can ask
yourself some such questions as the following: What
does this mean? What lesson does it teach me? What
has been my conduct regarding this matter? What
have I done, what shall I do, and how shall I do it?
What particular virtue must I practice? But do not
forget to pray.
Moreover, dont imagine that it is necessary
to wait for a great fire to flame your soul, but cherish
the little spark that you got. Above all, never give way
to the notion that you must restrain yourself from
prayer in order to go through all the thoughts
suggested by your book, or because your prayer
doesnt appear to have a close connection with the
subject of your meditation. This would simply be to
turn from God to your own or other thoughts. If we
feel dry or unable to meditate or pray well, let us
repeat earnestly as possible: 'My Jesus, mercy!' 'Lord,
for Your mercy's sake, assist me!' 'My God, I love You!'
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