Some prayers have been prayed for centuries, by millions of people, in every kind of church. Praying them joins you to all of those voices, and on days when your own words won’t come, they carry you.
Here they are in their traditional English wording, with where each one comes from and a voice to pray along with. The Lord’s Prayer comes first: it is the prayer Jesus taught His disciples.
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Pray along with the voice →Traditional Prayer
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
Pray along with the voice →Traditional Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Amen.
Pray along with the voice →1 Chronicles 4:10
God of Israel, like Jabez I call out to You. Bless me, Lord, and let my life be useful in Your hands. Widen the place You have given me to love and serve others. Let Your hand be with me, keep me from harm, and free me from pain. Whatever You give, I trust You, and I want You more than any gift. Amen.
Pray along with the voice →Traditional Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; if I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen.
Pray along with the voice →Catholic Prayer
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Pray along with the voice →Watch the Bible word for word, or rest with a painting of Jesus, piece by piece.
Bible MoviesWhole Bible chapters as films, word for word→
Bible JigsawPaintings of Jesus to piece together, each with a verse→
No app? Watch a chapter here · Play a jigsaw here
← All our apps & games✟ · Our Bible Moments
