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- Prayer of Spouses for Each Other: Prayer of the Day for Monday, August 31, 2026by Catholic Online on August 31, 2026 at 12:00 am
Lord Jesus, grant that I and my spouse may have a true and understanding love for each other. Grant that we may both be filled with faith and trust. Give us the grace to live with each other in peace and harmony. May we always bear with one another's weaknesses and grow from each other's strengths. Help us to forgive one another's failings and grant us patience, kindness, cheerfulness and the spirit of placing the well-being of one another ahead of self. May the love that brought us ...
- Prayer for Protection by the Holy Cross: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, August 30, 2026by Catholic Online on August 30, 2026 at 12:00 am
Assist us, O Lord our God; and defend us evermore by the might of Thy holy Cross, in whose honour Thou makest us to rejoice. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
- Prayer for Charity: Prayer of the Day for Saturday, August 29, 2026by Catholic Online on August 29, 2026 at 12:00 am
O my Jesus, Thou who art very Love, enkindle in my heart that Divine Fire which consumes the Saints and transforms them into Thee. O Lord our God, we offer Thee our hearts united in the strongest and most sincere love of brotherhood; we pray that Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament may be the daily food of our souls and bodies; that Jesus may be established as the center of our affections, even as He was for Mary and Joseph. Finally, O Lord, may sin never disturb our ...
- Hymn to Saint Rita of Cascia: Prayer of the Day for Friday, August 28, 2026by Catholic Online on August 28, 2026 at 12:00 am
I. Come, virgins chaste; pure brides, draw near: Let Earth exult and Heaven hear The Hymn that grateful accents raise, Our song of joy in Rita's praise. II. By fast her sinless frame is weak; Her livid flesh the scourges streak. In pity for her Savior's woes, Her days and even nights are closed. III. The thorn-wound on her brow is shown, The crimson rose in winter blown, And full-ripe figs on frozen tree At Rita's wish the wonders see. IV. The widowed spouse ...
- Prayer for Choosing a State of Life: Prayer of the Day for Thursday, August 27, 2026by Catholic Online on August 27, 2026 at 12:00 am
From all eternity, O Lord, You planned my very existence and my destiny. You wrapped me in Your love in baptism and gave me the Faith to lead me to an eternal life of happiness with You. You have showered me with Your graces and You have been always ready with Your mercy and forgiveness when I have fallen. Now I beg You for the light I so earnestly need that I may find the way of life in which lies the best fulfillment of Your will. Whatever state this may be, give me the grace necessary to ...
