Guides & Resources

How to pray Compline, the Church’s Night Prayer before sleep: examination of conscience, the hymn, Psalms 4, 90 and 133, the Nunc dimittis and the Marian antiphons.

Prayers to St. Martha of Bethany, patron of cooks and homemakers: for a peaceful home and difficult problems, the nine Tuesdays novena, and her feast, July 29.

Prayers to St. John of God, patron of hospitals, nurses, the sick and heart patients: for healing, caregivers and mental illness, and his feast on March 8.

The patron saint of sleep is St. Joseph, who heard God in his dreams; the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus are invoked against insomnia. Their stories and prayers.

The patron saint of heart patients is St. John of God: his story, other saints for the heart, and Catholic prayers for heart disease, surgery and healing.

The patron saint of police officers and law enforcement is St. Michael the Archangel. Why, other patrons of police, the Blue Mass, and prayers for police officers.

St. Vitus, patron saint of dancers, actors and those with epilepsy: the boy martyr’s story, why “St. Vitus dance” bears his name, his feast on June 15, and a prayer.

St. Genesius, patron saint of actors, comedians and performers: the Roman comedian converted while mocking baptism on stage, other patrons of comedy, and a prayer.

The Fifteen Prayers of St. Bridget of Sweden on the Passion of Christ in full, how to pray them for a year, her life, and what the Church said about the promises.

Sts. Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of shoemakers and cobblers: their story, St. Crispin’s Day (October 25), Shakespeare’s famous speech and a prayer.