Change Your Mornings With Prayer
Change Your Mornings With Prayer
Change Your Mornings With Prayer
Introduction
As you wake up every morning, consider giving ten minutes to God, our heavenly
Father. Here is a simple booklet which will help you get started with the practice
of reciting Morning Prayers.
When you start your day with prayer, your life will change for the better. Prayer
is the key to God's heart.
There are two types of prayer, mental and vocal. Mental prayer is meditation on
spiritual truths. Vocal prayer consists of repeating set words.
As a new day unfolds, we begin to glorify and praise God, give thanks for all his
blessings, and also bring our needs to our loving God using the beloved prayers
in this booklet.
Table of Contents
Let us begin each new day offering ourselves completely to Almighty God. Let
us make a mental note to gracefully accept all the sufferings He shall send us
this day.
The practice of praying The Three Hail Marys was revealed to St.
Melchtilde with the promise of a good death, if she was faithful to it every
day. It is a traditional Roman Catholic devotional practice to recite 3 Hail Marys
in the morning as petition for purity and other virtues.
While Saint Gertrude the Great sang the Hail Mary, at the Matins of the
Annunciation, she suddenly saw spring out from the Father and the Son and of
the Holy Spirit, three bright flames which penetrated the Heart of the Holy
Virgin. Then she heard the following words: "After the Power of the Father, The
Wisdom of the Son and the merciful Tenderness of the Holy Spirit, nothing
approaches the Power, Wisdom and the merciful Tenderness of Mary."
It is also recommended to pray 3 Hail Marys before going to bed, following the
examination of Conscience. Train your children to acquire the habit of saying
three Hail Marys in the morning and evening.
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 at the hour of our death. 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 at the hour of our death. 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 at the hour of our death. Amen.
Each new day, ask God to give you the graces needed to fulfill the duties of your
state of life. Trust in Jesus and he will remove all your fears and anxieties.
O my God, remember that moment when, for the first time, Thou didst pour Thy
grace into my soul, washing me from Original Sin, that Thou might receive me
into the number of Thy children. O God, Thou Who art my Father, grant me in
Thine infinite mercy, through the merits and Blood of Jesus Christ, and through
the sorrows of the holy Virgin Mary, the graces which Thou dost desire that I
should receive this day for Thy greater glory and my salvation.
O Heart of Love, I place all my trust in Thee, for though I fear all things from
my own weakness, I hope all things from Thy goodness.
O purest heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, obtain for me from Jesus a pure
and humble heart. Amen.
Anima Christi
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints. Amen
O Blessed St. Joseph, who gave up thy last breath in the arms of Jesus and
Mary, obtain for me, I beseech thee, the grace of a happy death. Defend me from
all evil, especially in my final hour. Assist me by thy presence, protect me by thy
power, and obtain for me this grace, O holy St. Joseph, that I may breathe forth
my soul in praise, saying in spirit, if so I am unable to do so in words: Jesus, Mary
and Joseph, I give thee my heart and life. Amen.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give thee my heart and soul.