Catholic prayers to Jesus

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The oldest surviving panel icon of Christ Pantocrator, c. 6th century.

A number of prayers to

Roman Catholic
tradition. These prayers have diverse origins and forms. Some were attributed to visions of saints, others were handed down by tradition.

Some such prayers are provided in the Raccolta Roman Catholic prayer book, first published in association with the Roman Catholic Congregation for Indulgences in 1807.[1]

Various prayers listed in this article are due to saints, or have been used by saints (e.g.

Roman Catholic devotions to Christ such as Holy Face of Jesus or the Divine Mercy
.

In many cases specific

promises and powers
are attributed to specific prayers or devotions to Jesus although some prayers of reparation include no petition.

Anima Christi

The literal meaning of

Ignatius Loyola, who used it in his Spiritual Exercises
, but it was later found in texts that predated St. Ignatius.

The sequence of sentences in Anima Christi have rich associations with Catholic concepts that relate to the

Holy Wounds).[2]

Jean-Baptiste Lully composed a Motet called Anima Christi, and musicians such as Giovanni Valentini performed it.

Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

The

Sacred Heart of Jesus.[3][4][5]

Morning offering

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The

Sacred Heart of Jesus prayer is meant to be prayed first thing in the morning. It was composed by Fr. Francois Xavier Gaulrelet in 1844 and reflects the Alliance of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary by referring to the Immaculate Heart of Mary:[6][7][8]

O Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I offer you my prayers, works, joys, sufferings of this day,
in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world.
I offer them for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart:
the salvation of souls, the reparation for sin, the reunion of Christians;
and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father this month.
Amen.

Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart of Jesus. The consecration was motivated by letters sent to the Pontiff by a Good Shepherd nun, Mary of the Divine Heart, who stated that in a vision of Jesus Christ
she had been told to request the consecration.

Prayer to the shoulder wound of Jesus

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The

Prayer to the shoulder wound of Jesus is attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux[9] According to St. Bernard, he asked Jesus which was His greatest unrecorded suffering and the wound that inflicted the most pain on Him in Calvary
and Jesus answered:

"I had on My Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous Wound which was more painful than the others and which is not recorded by men. Honor this Wound with thy devotion and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through its virtue and merit".

The modern version of the prayer bears the imprimatur of Bishop Thomas D. Bevan, Diocese of Springfield, Mass. 1892.[10]

Saint John Vianney's prayer to Jesus

Saint John Vianney composed Saint John Vianney's prayer to Jesus to Jesus in the 19th century.

The prayer reflects Vianney's deep religious feelings, which were praised by Pope John XXIII in his encyclical Sacerdotii nostri primordia in 1959.

The prayer is quoted within the Catechism of the Catholic Church. [11]

You are Christ

The ancient prayer, You are Christ, was composed by St. Augustine of Hippo. This is a somewhat long prayer in three parts.

The first part is a list of titles and salutations to Jesus, namely: "my Holy Father, my Tender God, my Great King, my Good Shepherd... my Everlasting Salvation."

The second part involves a set of conversational questions, e.g. ".. why have I ever loved, why in my whole life have I ever desired anything except You, Jesus my God?..."

The third part is a list of petitions, namely "...may every good feeling that is fitted for Your praise, love You, delight in You,.... may I be found consummated with You!"

Prayer of St. John Gabriel Perboyre to Jesus

Saint

Prayer of St. John Gabriel Perboyre to Jesus
in the 19th century.

The theme of the prayer is to help transform oneself to be more like Jesus and to banish all that in unlike Jesus from one's heart, soul and memory. This transformational prayer builds towards Saint Paul's statement in Galatians 2:20: "I live - now not I - But Christ lives in me".[12]

Saint Louis de Montfort's Prayer to Jesus

The

Roman Catholic Mariology.[13]

Although St Louis is perhaps best known for his

Blessed Virgin Mary, his spirituality is founded on the mystery of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, and is centered on Christ, as reflected in his collected works God Alone
.

As the prayer suggests St. Louis introduced the key concepts that underlie

Roman Catholic Mariology today: that Jesus and Mary are son and mother, redeemer and redeemed and that the path to Jesus is through Mary. Theologically, the prayer reflects the inherent inclusion of Mariology in Christology.[14][15]

Prayer before a Crucifix

The

Roman Catholics after Communion or after Mass
.

The faithful receive a partial

plenary indulgence.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12620a.htm
  2. ^ Anima Christi at Catholic prayers
  3. ISBN 0-89870-396-4
    page 125
  4. ISBN 0-7661-3666-3
    page 120
  5. ISBN 0-87973-579-1
    page 363
  6. ISBN 0-87973-415-9
    page 29
  7. ISBN 0-8294-2120-3
    page 13
  8. ISBN 0-87973-579-1
    page 42
  9. ^ Catholic Online – Prayers
  10. ^ Prayer to the Shoulder Wound of Jesus http://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=31
  11. ^ Vatican website: Cathecism
  12. ^ Bible Gateway
  13. ^ EWTN Montfort' Jesus Living in Mary
  14. ^ At the center of this mystery, in the midst of this wonderment of faith, stands Mary. As the loving Mother of the Redeemer, she was the first to experience it: "To the wonderment of nature you bore your Creator"! Pope John Paul II, in Redemptoris Mater, 51
  15. Mystici corporis Christi
    ; John Henry Newman: Mariology Is Christology in Vittorio Messori, "The Mary Hypothesis" Rome, 2005
  16. ^ "Prayer before Crucifix". Archived from the original on 2007-05-14. Retrieved 2008-10-22.

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