30 Traditional Catholic Morning Prayers for Homeschoolers

Want your school day to go smoothly? Starting off right with morning prayers is key! Here are 30 traditional Catholic morning prayers for homeschoolers.

What follows is my daily morning prayer routine. As a homeschooling mom of four kids, my day can get pretty chaotic and stressful unless I take time to pray first thing.

St. John Vianney said, "Take great care never to do anything before having said Morning Prayers. The devil once declared that if he could have the first moment of the day, he was sure of all the rest."

In my personal experience, morning prayer gives me "wings" to carry me through the day. In fact, the more time I spend in prayer, the more time I seem to have!

Sure, life still throws curveballs. But when you take the time in the morning to commit your day to God, the challenges will seem light.

Every burden is lighter and sweeter when you make time to pray!

How to Make Time to Say Morning Prayers

The amount of prayers you see here may seem like a lot, but it did not start out this way. I gradually worked up to this routine by slowly adding one new prayer at a time. So feel free to pick out the prayers you like, add them to your own routine, and leave the rest.

The saints say that every prayer should come from the heart, otherwise it's not really a prayer at all. So if you feel like you're just mechanically saying your prayers just to finish, maybe it's a sign that you should slow down and not worry about getting through them all right now.

That being said, don't confuse prayer from the heart with "warm fuzzy feelings" (i.e. consolations). The saints who excelled in prayer, such as St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, wrote that everyone experiences dryness in prayer at times. That's OK– this may be a sign that God is purifying you (so that you aren't just praying for the consolations but that you're praying because you love Him alone), and preparing you for higher levels of prayer. If you are experiencing a time of dryness in prayer–when it just feels like it's really hard to pray (especially in mental prayer) and you're seemingly getting nothing out of it–DON'T STOP. Just keep trying and God will reward your efforts.

I should note that I do not say every prayer listed here every day, or even every week. Over time, and through private revelations, special devotions have developed for special days of the week or month. Those devotions which I have chosen for my routine (St. Philip Neri, Holy Face, First Fridays, First Saturdays, First Wednesdays, etc.) are included in their proper places below.

On average, the morning prayers you see here take me approx. 15 minutes, without rushing. Not too bad, right? Just set your alarm to wake you up 15 minutes earlier in the morning and you should be good to go!

Morning Prayers for Kids

Although these are the prayers I say by myself, the more basic prayers (such as the Morning Offering, Desire to Gain Indulgences, Acts of Faith, Hope and Charity, the Guardian Angel prayer, etc.) are suitable for kids also. I printed these out to make simple little booklets for each of my kids so that they can say their own morning prayers every day.

(I was inspired to do this by St. Zelie Martin, the mother of St. Therese of Lisieux: St. Therese said that her mother heard her and her sister Leonie say their morning prayers every day, and this seems to have made a big impression on her.)

I've also included the Prayer Before Study, which I say together with my kids at our "morning time" to begin the school day.

Without further ado, here is my morning prayer routine...

30 Traditional Catholic Morning Prayers for Homeschoolers

1. Holy Face Prayer Upon Waking

Kiss an image of the Holy Face of Jesus¹ and say:

Lord, show us thy Face, and we shall be saved.

2. Sealing Prayer of Protection

Sign yourself (with holy water if possible) saying:

I ask Jesus to seal me in His most Precious Blood against any and all incursions of the evil one, in particular against any clinging, familial, familiar or retaliating spirits, in the Name of the Father and of the Son ✠ and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

3. Morning Offering

Based on three revelations of Our Lord to St. Mechtilde and two mystics²

Dear Lord, I adore thy Sacred Heart, which I desire to enter with acts of love, praise, adoration, and thanksgiving. I offer Thee my own heart as I sigh to Thee from its very depths, asking that Thou will worketh through me in all that I do this day; thus may I draw Thee closer to me than Thou wert before. I offer Thee all the crosses and sufferings of the world, in union with thy life on earth, in expiation for sins. Please join my every action and heartbeat to the pulsations of thy Heart. I unite all my works of this day to those labors Thou didst perform while Thou wert on earth, bathing them in thy Precious Blood, and I offer them to the Heavenly Father so that many souls may be saved.

4. Desire to Gain Indulgences

O my Jesus, I desire to day to gain every indulgence and merit I can and I offer them, together with myself, to Mary Immaculate, that she may best apply them in the interests of thy Most Sacred Heart.

5. An Act of Faith

O MY GOD, I firmly believe that Thou art one God in Three Divine Persons, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. I believe that Thy Divine Son became Man, and died for our sins, and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, Who canst neither deceive nor be deceived.

6. An Act of Hope

O MY GOD, relying on Thy almighty power and infinite mercy and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of Thy grace, and Life Everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer.

7. An Act of Charity

O MY GOD, I love Thee above all things, with my whole heart and soul, because Thou art all-good and worthy of all love. I love my neighbor as myself for the love of Thee. I forgive all who have injured me, and ask pardon of all whom I have injured.

8. Act of Rejection

I completely and utterly reject, with the full force of my will N. (insert any disorder one is experiencing or any evil one has committed). I do this in the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary and in the Name of the Father and of the Son ✠ and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Thrice)

9. Guardian Angel Prayer

Saint Gertrude (with a small addition³)

O most holy angel of God, appointed by God to be my guardian, I love thee and I give thee thanks for all the benefits which thou hast ever bestowed on me in body and in soul. I praise and glorify thee that thou condescended to assist me with such patient fidelity, and to defend me against all the assaults of my enemies. Blessed be the hour in which thou wast assigned me for my guardian, my defender and my patron.

Help me to recall my resolutions throughout this day, especially in those moments when I am being tempted to sin. Reveal to me my primary defect and humiliate me, so that I may overcome all of my vices and grow in every virtue.

In acknowledgement and return for all thy loving ministries to me, I offer thee the infinitely precious and noble heart of Jesus, and firmly purpose to obey thee henceforward, and most faithfully to serve my God. Amen.

10. Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Cardinal Mercier

For five minutes control your imagination and close your eyes to all the noises of the world in order to enter into yourself. Then, in the sanctuary of your baptized soul (which is the temple of the Holy Spirit) speak to that Divine Spirit, saying to Him:

O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore Thee. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I should do. Give me Thy orders. I promise to submit myself to all that Thou desires of me and accept all that Thou permits to happen to me. Let me only know Thy Will.

11. Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas to Blessed Virgin Mary

O most blessed and most sweet Virgin Mary, full of mercy, to thy compassion I recommend my soul and body, my thoughts, actions, life, and death. O my Lady, help and strengthen me against the snares of the devil; obtain me true and perfect love, with which to love thy most beloved Son and my Lord Jesus Christ with my whole heart, and after Him to love thee above all things. My Queen and Mother, by thy most powerful intercession, grant that I may persevere in this love until death, and after death be conducted by thee to the kingdom of the blessed.

12. Petition for St. Joseph’s Blessing

Bless me, Oh dearly beloved father, St. Joseph; bless my body and my soul; bless my resolutions, my words and deeds, all my actions and omissions, my every step; bless all that I possess, all my interior and exterior goods, that all may redound to the greater honor of God. Bless me for time and eternity, and preserve me from every sin. Obtain for me the grace to make atonement for all my sins by love and contrition here on earth, so that after my last breath I may, without delay, prostrate at thy feet return thee thanks in heaven for all the love and goodness thou, O dearest father, hast shown me here below. Amen.

13. Nine Days Novena to St. Joseph⁴

Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God. I place in you all my interests and desires. Oh, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers.

Oh, St. Joseph, I never weary of contemplating you, and Jesus asleep in your arms; I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine head for me and ask him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for me.

14. Invocation of Patron Saints

This can be an ever growing list– as you learn about a new saint who you want to build a relationship with, you can add them here. For example:

Saint Elizabeth, pray for us.
Saint Rose of Lima, pray for us.
etc.

On Sundays:

15. Prayer to obtain the virtue of Humility

St, Philip, my glorious Patron, who on earth didst so love humility as to count the praise and even the good esteem of men as dross; obtain for me also this virtue by thy prayers. Thou knowest how haughty I am in my thoughts, how contemptuous in my words, how ambitious in my doings. Ask for me humility of heart; that my mind may be freed from all pride, and impressed with the same low esteem of self which thou hadst of thyself, counting thyself the worst of all men, and for that reason rejoicing when thou didst suffer contempt, and seeking out for thyself occasions of enduring it. Great Saint, obtain for me a true humble heart and the knowledge of my own nothingness; that I may rejoice when I am despised, and resent not when others are preferred before me; that I may never be vain when I am praised, but may ever seek only to be great in the eyes of God, desiring to receive from Him alone all my exaltation.

Pater, Ave, Gloria

16. Litany of Humility

O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being loved, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being extolled, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being honored, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being praised, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being preferred to others, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being consulted, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being approved, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being humiliated, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being despised, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of suffering rebukes, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being calumniated, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being forgotten, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being ridiculed, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being wronged, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being suspected, deliver me, Jesus.
That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be esteemed more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be chosen and I set aside, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be praised and I unnoticed, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be preferred to me in everything, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may become holier than I, provided that I become as holy as I should, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

On Mondays:

17. Prayer to obtain the virtue of Patience

St. Philip, my Patron Saint, whose heart was ever so constant in time of trouble, and whose spirit was so loving under suffering, that, when persecuted by the jealous, or calumniated by the wicked who thought to discredit thy sanctity, or when tried by God with many long, painful infirmities, thou didst always bear thy trials with wonderful tranquillity of heart and mind; pray for me that I may have a spirit of true courage in every adversity. Alas, how much I stand in need of patience! I shrink from every little trouble; I sicken under every light affliction; I fire up at and resent every trifling contradiction; never willing to learn that the road to paradise lies amidst the thorns of tribulation. Yet this was the path our Divine Master deigned to tread, and this too, my Saintly Patron, was thy path also. Obtain for me, then, this courage, that with good hearty will I may embrace the crosses which every day I receive from God, and bear them all with the same endurance and ready will as thou didst when thou wast on earth; that so I may be made worthy to enjoy the blessed fruit of sufferings with thee in heaven above.

Pater, Ave, Gloria

On Tuesdays:

18. Prayer to obtain the virtue of Purity

St. Philip, who didst always preserve the white lily of thy purity unsullied, with such great honour to thyself that the brightness of this fair virtue dwelt in thine eyes, shone forth from thy hands, and cast its fragrance over thy whole body, causing it to emit so sweet a perfume that it gave consolation, fervour, and devotion to all who conversed with thee; obtain me from the Holy Spirit of God so true a love for that virtue, that neither the words nor bad examples of sinners may ever make any impression upon my soul. Never permit me in any way to lose that lovely virtue; and since avoidance of occasions, prayer, labour, humility, frequent use of the Sacraments, were the arms with which thou didst conquer the flesh, which is our worst enemy, so do thou obtain for me grace to use the same arms to vanquish the same foe. Take not away thy help from me; but be as zealous for me as thou wast during thy life for thy penitents, keeping them far removed from all sensual infection. Do this for me, my holy Patron; and be ever my protector in respect of this fair virtue.

Pater, Ave, Gloria

19. Prayer to Reproduce the Image of God in Our Souls

I salute Thee, I adore Thee, and I love Thee, oh adorable face of my beloved Jesus, as the noble stamp of divinity! Completely surrendering my soul to thee, I most humbly beg thee to stamp this seal upon us all, so that the image of God may once more be reproduced by its imprint in our souls. Amen.

On Wednesdays:

20. Prayer to obtain the Love of God

St. Philip, I am filled with wonder at the great miracle which was wrought in thee by the Holy Spirit when He poured into thy heart such a flood of heavenly charity, that in order to contain it two of thy ribs were broken by the power of Divine love; and I am confounded when I compare thy heart with mine own. I see thy heart all burning with love; and mine, all frozen and taken up with creatures. I see thine inflamed with a fire from heaven, which so filled thy body that it radiated like flames from thy countenance; while mine is full of earthly love. I love the world, which allures me and can never make me happy; I love the flesh, which ever wears me with its cares, and can never render me immortal; I love riches, which I can enjoy but for a moment. O when shall I learn of thee to love nothing but God, my incomprehensible and only Good! Help me, then, blessed Patron, that by thy intercession I may begin at once: obtain for me an efficacious love, manifesting itself by works; a pure love, making me to love God most perfectly; a strong love, enabling me to surmount all obstacles hindering my union with God in life, that so I may be wholly united to Him for ever after my death.

Pater, Ave, Gloria

On First Wednesdays:⁵

21. First Wednesday Devotion to St. Joseph

Instruction given by St. Joseph to Sister Mildred (Mary Ephrem) Neuzil in 1958:

“I am the protector of the Church and the home, as I was the protector of Christ and His Mother while I lived upon earth. Jesus and Mary desire that my pure heart, so long hidden and unknown, be now honored in a special way. Let my children honor my most pure heart in a special manner on the First Wednesday of the month by reciting the Joyful Mysteries of the rosary in memory of my life with Jesus and Mary and the love I bore them, the sorrow I suffered with them. Let them receive Holy Communion in union with the love with which I received the Savior for the first time and each time I held Him in my arms. Those who honor me in this way will be consoled by my presence at their death, and I myself will conduct them safely into the presence of Jesus and Mary. I will come again, little child of my most pure heart. Until then, continue in patience and humility, which is so pleasing to God.”

On Thursdays:

22. Prayer to obtain the Love of our Neighbour

Glorious Saint Philip, who didst employ thyself wholly in the good of thy neighbour, thinking well of all, sympathising with all, helping all, who throughout thy whole life didst ever try to secure the salvation of all, never shrinking from labour or trouble, keeping for thyself no time or comfort, that thou mightest win all hearts to God; pray for me, that together with the pardon of my sins I may have charity for my neighbour, and be henceforth more compassionate to him in his necessities, and obtain for me grace that I may love every man with pure, unselfish love, as mine own brother, succouring each one, if I am unable to do it with temporal goods, at least with prayers and good advice. And teach me too on every occasion to defend the honour of my neighbour, and never to say to him a hurtful or displeasing word; but ever to maintain, even with my enemies, sweetness of spirit like thine own, whereby thou didst triumph over thy persecutors. Blessed Saint, ask of God for me also this lovely virtue, which already thou hast gained for so many of thy clients; that so we may all one day come to praise our God with thee in an eternity of bliss.

Pater, Ave, Gloria

On Fridays:

23. Prayer to obtain detachment from temporal goods

Great Saint, who didst prefer a poor and austere life to the comforts of thy home, despising the honour and glory of thy station; obtain for me grace ever to keep my heart detached from transitory goods of this life. St. Philip, whose desire it ever was to become so poor as one day to have to beg thy bread, and find no charitable hand to offer thee a crumb wherewith to support life; ask of God for me such love of poverty that I may turn all my thoughts to goods which never fail. St. Philip, who didst prefer to live unknown, to promotion to the highest honours of the Church; intercede for me, that I may never seek after dignities, but always content myself with that state where God has set me. My heart is too anxious for the empty fleeting things of earth; but thou - ah, what a maxim didst thou leave us by thy two words: "And then-" ! O wonder-working words! may they ever be deeply impressed upon my soul; that, despising the nothingness of earth, God alone may reign sole object of my affections and my thoughts.

Pater, Ave, Gloria

On First Fridays:

24. Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

St. Claude de la Colombiere

My adorable Redeemer, I give and consecrate myself totally to Thy Sacred Heart in the fullest and most complete way of which I am capable. Nail me to Thy Cross by my Baptismal Promises, by the duties of my state of life and by my resolution to serve you always. I renew all these before heaven and earth in Thy Sacred Heart. Thy holy service is for me an easy yoke and its bonds do not burden me. Moreover, I would desire to fasten even more closely its tight knots. Therefore, I embrace the beloved cross of my vocation even unto death. It shall be all my delight, my pleasure, my glory. God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. Thy poverty shall be my treasure; Thy sufferings my delight; Thy Person, my only love. I will never abandon Thee, my Savior; I will unite myself intimately with Thee. I do not fear the narrow path of holiness, because Thou art my light and my strength. I hope, therefore, O my Lord, that Thou will make me firm to resist all temptations and that Thou will make me victorious over all the enemies of my soul. Continue to stretch out Thy hand over me, and to bestow Thy favors upon me. By Thy Blood, by Thy Wounds and by Thy Sacred Heart, I implore Thee, O adorable Jesus, by this act of consecration grant that I may become a new creation of Thy love. Amen.

Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

On Saturdays:

25. Prayer to obtain perseverance in good works

St. Philip, my holy Patron, who, ever constant in good works and full of merit, didst receive from Most High God the crown of glory in reward of all thy labours; obtain for me grace never to weary in His service. St. Philip, who didst recompense those who loved thee by acquiring for them the gift of perseverance in good, ask of God this gift for me; stand by me, dear father, at the last moment of my life, and pray for me that I may depart this life strengthened with the grace of the Holy Sacraments. Meanwhile intercede for me, that I may do penance for my sins, and deplore them bitterly all my days. St. Philip, who from on high beholdest all my miseries, and the chains which yet bind me to my sins and to this earth; pray for me that I may be liberated from them, and be constantly devoted to my God. Obtain for me an ardent desire to co-operate in my own salvation, and unshaken firmness in the good which I have begun; that so by thy intercession I may deserve to be for ever in thy company in an eternity of bliss.

Pater, Ave, Gloria

On First Saturdays:

26. Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

O Most Holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, in accordance with thy wish made known at Fatima, I consecrate myself today to thine Immaculate Heart. To thee I entrust all that I have, all that I am, to thy blessed charge and special keeping and into thine Immaculate Heart. For this day, for every day of my life, and at the hour of my death, I commend my soul and body.

To thee do I entrust all my hopes and consolations, all my trials and miseries, my life and the end of my life, that through thy most holy intercession and thy merits all my actions may be ordered and disposed according to thy will, and that of thy Divine Son.

Reign over me dearest Mother, that I may be thine in prosperity, in adversity, in health and in sickness, in life and in death. Grant that I may have no other spirit but thy spirit, to know Jesus Christ and His Divine and Holy Will; that I may have no other soul but thy soul, to praise and glorify the Lord; that I may have no other heart but thy heart, to love God with a pure and burning love like thine.

My beloved Mother, my glorious Queen, I am all thine and all that I have is thine. Amen.

Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Keep Mary company for 15 mins by meditating on mysteries of the rosary.

Conclusion for Every Day:

27. Prayer for the Dying and a Special Soul

O most merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I beseech Thee, by the agony of Thy most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thine Immaculate Mother, wash clean in Thy Blood the sinners of the whole world who are to die this day. Remember most especially the soul I spiritually adopt with the intention of entrusting him or her to Thy Shepherd's care: I beseech Thee for the grace to move this sinner, who is in danger of going to Hell, to repent. I ask this because of my trust in Thy great mercy. If it should please Thy Majesty to send me a suffering this day in exchange for the grace I ask for this soul, then, it, too, shall please me very much, and I thank Thee, Most Sweet Jesus, Shepherd and Lover of Souls; I thank Thee for this opportunity to give mercy in thanksgiving for all the mercies Thou hast shown me. Amen.

Heart of Jesus, once in agony, have mercy on the dying.

More Morning Prayers:

28. Spiritual Communion

St. Alphonsus Liguori

My Jesus, I believe that Thou art in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love Thee above all things, and in my soul I desire Thee. Since I cannot receive Thee now sacramentally, come at least spiritually to my heart. I embrace Thee as already there and unite myself wholly to Thee; do not permit that I may ever be separated from Thee.

Jesus, all my good and all my love,
Wound, inflame this heart of mine
That it may all and always burn for Thee.

29. Prayer Before Study

Adapted from St. Thomas Aquinas

Ineffable Creator, Thou art called the true font of light and wisdom, and the origin of all things. Pour forth a ray of Thy brightness into the darkened places of my mind; disperse from my soul the twofold darkness into which I was born: sin and ignorance. Grant me keenness of mind, capacity to remember, skill in learning, insight to interpret, and eloquence in speech. May Thou guide the beginning of my study, direct its progress, and bring it to completion. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

V. Holy Mary, Seat of wisdom,
R. Pray for us.

30. Prayer Before Working

We beseech Thee, O Lord, to direct our actions by Thy holy inspirations, and carry them on by Thy gracious assistance, that every prayer and work of ours may begin always from Thee, and through Thee be happily ended. Amen.

V. Saint Joseph,
R. Pray for us.

Enjoyed these morning prayers? Check out my entire daily prayer routine here.

Footnotes:

1. Archconfraternity of the Holy Face members are recommended to wear on their persons a picture of the Holy Face, to kiss it devoutly the 1st thing in the morning on awaking and at night before going to sleep, to consecrate their actions during the day to the divine Face, and to resolve to perform them in its presence and before its eyes. Learn more here.

2. "When you awake, enter at once into My Heart, and when you are in it, offer My Father all your actions united to the pulsations of My Heart...If [a person is] engaged in work of no value in itself, if she bathes it in My Blood or unites it to the work I Myself did during My mortal life, it will greatly profit souls...more, perhaps, than if she had preached to the whole world. You will be able to save many souls that way." –Our Lord to Sr. Josefa Menendez (1890-1923)

"When you awake in the morning, let your first act be to salute My Heart, and to offer Me your own...Whoever shall breathe a sigh toward Me from the bottom of his heart when he awakes in the morning and shall ask Me to work all his works in him throughout the day, will draw Me to him...For never does a man breathe a sigh of longing aspiration toward Me without drawing Me nearer to him than I was before." –Our Lord to St. Mechtilde (1241-1298)

"It is not merely by praying that souls are saved, but through the actions of even the most ordinary lives lived for God...Offer Me everything united to My life on earth. ...Offer Me all the crosses of the world. There are so many, and few think of offering them to Me in expiation for sins." –Our Lord to Gabrielle Bossis (1874-1950)

3. I have added the paragraph beginning with "Help me to recall..." because in mental prayer (it is recommended to do at least 15 minutes of mental prayer per day, aside from vocal prayer), it is important to make resolutions (i.e. specific ways that we intend to do better), but I tend to promptly forget those resolutions the very next day. So, it helps me to ask my guardian angel to help me remember my resolutions throughout the day. I've also added the request to "reveal to me my primary defect and humiliate me," upon the advice of exorcist priest, Fr. Chad Ripperger... our guardian angels know us better than we know ourselves, so who better to ask for help in rooting out our vices and imperfections!

4. This prayer was found in the fifteenth year of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In 1505 it was sent from the Pope to Emperor Charles when he was going into battle. Whoever shall read this prayer or hear it or keep it about themselves, shall never die a sudden death, or be drowned, not shall poison take effect of them; neither shall they fall into the hands of the enemy; or shall be burned in any fire, or shall be overpowered in battle. Say for nine mornings for anything you may desire. It has never been known to fail, so be sure you really want what you ask.

5. Learn more about the First Wednesdays devotion to St. Joseph here.