Advent Prayers: Catholic Prayers for Each Week of Advent and Every Day

Come, Lord Jesus. Come into my heart, my home and our world.
Make me ready to welcome you with faith, with hope and with love.
Maranatha: come, Lord Jesus! Amen.

Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy power, and come, that by thy protection we may deserve to be rescued from the threatening dangers of our sins, and to be saved by thy deliverance. Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God world without end. Amen.

Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the ways of thine only begotten Son, that through his advent we may be worthy to serve thee with purified minds. Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God world without end. Amen.

Stir up, O Lord, we pray thee, thy power, and come with great might to our aid, that by the help of thy grace thy merciful forgiveness may hasten what our sins would impede. Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God world without end. Amen.

Lord Jesus, you are our hope. Wake us from sleep and keep us watchful for your coming. Amen.

Prince of Peace, prepare the way of the Lord in our hearts. Make us peacemakers in our home. Amen.

Lord, you are near. Fill us with the joy that no one can take from us. Amen.

Mary, Mother of God, help us to welcome Jesus with love, as you did at Bethlehem. Amen.

Lord Jesus, as we wait for Christmas, help our family to slow down, to pray together,
to forgive one another and to share with those in need.
Let our home be ready for you, like the stable of Bethlehem. Amen.

Dear Jesus, I can’t wait for your birthday!
Help me to get my heart ready by being kind, helping at home and saying my prayers. Amen.

O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.

O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
And drive away the shades of night
And pierce the clouds and bring us light!

O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.

O come, O come, Thou Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times once gave the law
In cloud, and majesty, and awe.

Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.
Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.
The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.

And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.