Other useful prayers

Magnificat
My soul magnifies the Lord,
and My spirit rejoices in God My Savior;
Because He has regarded the lowliness of His Handmaid;
for behold, henceforth all generations shall call Me blessed;
Because He who is mighty has done great things for Me,
and Holy is His Name;
And His mercy is from generation to generation
on those who fear Him.
He has shown might with His arm,
He has scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
and has exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has given help to Israel, His servant,
mindful of His mercy –
Even as He spoke to our father –
to Abraham and to his posterity forever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Canticle of Zachary

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel:
for he hath visited, and redeemed his people;
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us :
in the house of his servant David;
As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets :
which have been since the world began;
That we should be saved from our enemies :
and from the hands of all that hate us;
To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers :
and to remember his holy covenant;
To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather
Abraham that he would give us,
That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies :
might serve him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before him :
all the days of our life.
And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest :
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people :
for the remission of their sins;
Through the tender mercy of our God :
whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us;
To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.

Soul of Christ
(prayer by st. Ignatius Loyola)

Soul of Christ, make me holy.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, fill me with love.
Water from Christ’s side, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
Good Jesus, hear me.
Within Your wounds, hide me.
Never let me be parted from You.
From the evil enemy, protect me.
At the hour of my death, call me.
And tell me to come to you.
That with your saints I may praise you.
Through all eternity.
Amen.

Hail Holy Queen

Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
our life our sweetness and our hope.
To Thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
To Thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and 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 thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

Queen of heaven

Queen of heaven, rejoice. Alleluia.
For He whom thou didst deserve to bear, Alleluia.
Hath risen as He said, Alleluia.
Pray for us to God, Alleluia.
Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, Alleluia.
R. Because Our Lord is truly risen, Alleluia.

Let us pray :
O God, who by the resurrection of Thy Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
hast vouchsafed to make glad the whole world,
great, we beseech Thee,
that, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother,
we may attain the joys of eternal life.
Through the same Christ Our Lord.
Amen.

Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genetrix.
Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus,
sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper,
Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.
Amen.

Magnificat

Magnificat anima mea Dominum,
et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salvatore meo,
quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae.
Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes,
quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est,
et sanctum nomen eius,
et misericordia eius in progenies et progenies
timentibus eum.
Fecit potentiam in brachio suo,
dispersit superbos mente cordi sui;
deposuit potentes de sede
et exaltavit humiles;
esurientes implevit bonis
et divites dimisit inanes.
Suscepit Israel puerum suum,
recordatus misericordiae,
sicut locutus est ad patres nostros,
Abraham et semini eius in saecula.
Gloria Patri, et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Benedictus

Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel,
quia visitavit, et fecit redemptionem plebis suae:
Et erexit cornu salutis nobis
in domo David pueri sui.
Sicut locutus est per os sanctorum,
qui a saeculo sunt, prophetarum eius:
Salutem ex inimicis nostris,
et de manu omnium qui oderunt nos:
Ad faciendam misericordiam cum patribus nostris:
et memorari testamenti sui sancti:
Iusiurandum, quod iuravit ad Abraham patrem nostrum,
daturum se nobis;
Ut sine timore, de manu inimicorum nostrorum liberati,
serviamus illi.
In sanctitate et iustitia coram ipso,
omnibus diebus nostris.
Et tu puer, propheta Altissimi vocaberis:
praeibis enim ante faciem Domini parare vias eius:
Ad dandam scientiam salutis plebi eius:
in remissionem peccatorum eorum:
Per viscera misericordiae Dei nostri:
in quibus visitabit nos, oriens ex alto:
Illuminare his qui in tenebris et in umbra mortis sedent:
ad dirigendos pedes nostros in viam pacis.
Gloria Patri, et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio,
et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.

Anima Christi

Anima Christi, sanctifica me.
Corpus Christi, salva me.
Sanguis Christi, inebria me.
Aqua lateris Christi, lava me.
Passio Christi, conforta me.
O bone Iesu, exaudi me.
Intra tua vulnera absconde me.
Ne permittas me separari a te.
Ab hoste maligno defende me.
In hora mortis meae voca me.
Et iube me venire ad te,
Ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te
in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.

Salve Regina

Salve, Regina, mater 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.

Regina Caeli

Regina, caeli, laetare, alleluia!
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia.
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia,
Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.

Oremus:
Deus, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui,
Domini nostri Iesu Christi,
mundum laetificare dignatus es:
praesta, quaesumus; ut,
per eius Genetricem Virginem Mariam,
perpetuae capiamus gaudia vitae.
Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen.