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Catholic prayers, novenas & the Rosary

Read and print prayer texts. Follow a nine-day novena or see today’s Rosary mysteries.

Catholic prayers

Prayer texts and printable copies.

Novenas

Nine-day prayers with saved progress.

Today’s Rosary

Today’s mysteries and how to pray.

Prayer texts from sources

Our FatherThe Our Father in traditional English, with a printable copy.Hail MaryThe Hail Mary in traditional English, with a printable copy.St. MichaelThe prayer to St. Michael the Archangel in historical English.St. Joseph“To thee, O blessed Joseph,” a prayer after the Rosary.St. Anthony of PaduaA traditional prayer to St. Anthony, followed by its accompanying prayers.St. JudeThe historical “Most holy apostle” prayer to St. Jude.St. Rita of CasciaRead the complete “O holy protectress” prayer to St. Rita and print a copy.St. Benedict Medal PrayerRead the St. Benedict medal prayer in historical English, with Latin inscriptions, and print a copy.St. MonicaA historical prayer invoking St. Monica and St. Augustine’s intercession, with a printable copy.St. DymphnaRead and print a complete medieval prayer to St. Dymphna, newly translated from the Latin text published in 1899.St. PeregrineRead and print a historical prayer honoring St. Peregrine, newly translated from a Servite prayer book of 1710.Chaplet of the Seven SorrowsThe seven sorrows of Mary, with the prayers and Stabat Mater from an identified 1871 edition.

Novenas and nine-day plans

Specific historical versions; daily texts may differ or repeat. Our own plans are listed separately.

St. Joseph NovenaA historical prayer to St. Joseph, repeated over nine days.St. Jude NovenaSelected historical prayers to St. Jude, repeated over nine days.St. Rita of Cascia NovenaNine different historical prayers to St. Rita, with saved progress and browser printing.St. Monica NovenaNine different prayers to St. Monica, translated from the Spanish novena printed in Bogotá in 1837.St. Anthony of Padua NovenaThe prayer portion of Deymann’s 1888 St. Anthony novena, repeated over nine days, with saved progress and browser printing.St. Michael NovenaThe prayer portion of a 1760 St. Michael novena, newly translated, with all nine invocations and accompanying prayers.St. Thérèse of Lisieux NovenaRead all nine daily prayers of this historical St. Thérèse novena, keep your place and print all nine days.St. Peregrine NovenaNine distinct historical meditations and prayers to St. Peregrine, translated from the circa-1752 Spanish novena.

Prayer Library’s own plans

Our reading arrangements and original daily prayers, with details in About.

Trust and Surrender Prayer PlanPrayer Library’s own nine-day practice. Nine daily prayers for entrusting your concerns to God, with the complete text, saved progress and a printable copy.God’s Mercy Prayer PlanPrayer Library’s own nine-day practice. Nine daily prayers seeking God’s mercy and learning to show mercy to others, with the full text and a printable copy.St. Charbel Prayer PlanPrayer Library’s own nine-day practice. Nine daily prayers asking St. Charbel’s intercession, with the complete text, a calendar and a printable copy.St. Dymphna Prayer PlanPrayer Library’s own nine-day practice. Nine daily prayers asking St. Dymphna’s intercession for people in distress and those supporting them, with the full text and a printable copy.

Prayer Library plans and compositions

Our optional reading plans and new prayers, with their sources and origin explained in About.

Prayer plans · Original prayer

New to novenas?

Learn what a nine-day prayer practice involves.

What is a novena?

Plan a novena

Choose a start date and keep a nine-day calendar.

Plan your nine days