catholic prayers?

Question

I've been having trouble remembering the prayers but Ive finally got the Our Father and Hail Mary down. Which should I go for next? does it matter? (catholic question if you cant tell)

Miss Catherine: though I thank you for the information, I have stuff telling me that already. I need to learn the prayers first, atleast I feel as if I should do that instead of reading the entire time.

Answer 1

Nicene Creed
Act of Contrition
Glory Be

Answer 2

The Rosary is a devotion to the Incarnation of Our Lord and to His Blessed Mother. It is composed of fifteen decades, each decade consisting of the Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and the Glory Be to the Father, and each being recited in honor of some mystery in the life of Our Lord and of His Blessed Mother. During each decade we should call to mind the mystery which it is intended to honor, and pray that we may learn to practice the virtue specially taught us by that mystery.

Begin the Rosary by:



Making the Sign of the Cross Sign of the Cross and say the Apostles Creed.

Say the Our Father.

Say three Hail Marys.

Say the Glory Be and then, if you wish, say the Fatima Prayer.

Announce the First Mystery, then say the Our Father.

Say ten Hail Marys, while meditating on the Mystery.

Say the Glory Be, then, if you wish, say the Fatima Prayer.

Announce the Second Mystery; then say the Our Father. Repeat 6 and 7 and continue with Third, Fourth and Fifth Mysteries in the same manner.

Say the Hail Holy Queen and the Let Us Pray. Our Rosary group ends the Rosary with Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel, "The Memorare, and the Sign of the Cross.

Answer 3

*Is Catholic*

There is no sin in having trouble remembering the words. After all, the priests have their giant book with all the prayers for the Mass which they are supposed to be reading from and not relying upon memory.

The main prayers that you should know are

1. Apostles and Nicaean/Constantinople Creed
2. Act of Contrition for Confession
3. Our Father
4. All the prayers of the Rosary

Other than that, I recommend finding prayers that you like.

Also I would work on keeping short prayers in your mind and heart so that you can pray them throughout the day.

Examples
Lord have mercy upon me a sinner.

Lord I believe, help my unbelief.

You can find a bunch of short prayers here
http://www.holysouls.info/treasuryprayers.php

Answer 4

Which prayers are you talking about? If at the Mass, it's okay to follow along in the missellette. Since its the same prayers every Sunday, you'll eventually have them memorized. Another good way is to say the Rosary often.

God bless.

Answer 5

The Glory Be, a short prayer, should probably be next on your agenda if you don't already know it. That shouldn't take more than five minutes to learn. Then you should work on the Apostles' Creed, which is a statement of central Catholic beliefs. After that, perhaps the Prayer to the Holy Spirit. That is the order I suggest when teaching RCIA classes.

The Prayer to the Holy Spirit (the traditional one - there are others) can be found here:

http://www.catholicwomen.com/kc010.htm
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Answer 6

you should not have to remember prayers prayer come from the heart just like conversation you talk from the heart as Matthew 6:7-12 tells us not to say the same things over and over again God will not listen to them he abhors mindless repetition and why turn a greeting into a prayer "hail Mary" was an angels greeting to mary not a prayer to tell her that she was to become the mother of the messiah Jesus and the Lords prayer was not to be repeated but to show his followers the things it was proper to pray for 1. Gods name to be santified or made holy used 2.for his kingdom to come 3 for his will to be done here on earth as it has been done in heaven 4. for our needs of the day ie food clothing shelter or whatever our personal needs or problems we need help with 5. for forgiveness of our sins if we cant be forgiving how can we expect forgiveness 6 deliverance from the wicked one satan the devil and those who follow him do you get the point now theese are proper things to pray for not riches power revenge materialism or other nonsense prayer is a direct communication not a poetry recital if you pick up the phone to call someone you love do you say the same lines a few dozen times then hang up think about it if i can help you further let me know gorbalizer

Answer 7

Try saying the rosary every night. Get instructions and prayers from the internet. It contains all basic Catholic prayers. The more often you say it the more you remember the prayers. Also Holy Cards work very well. Go to my source to learn the rosary.

Answer 8

Actually I'm not a Christian, but I do like the Catholic prayers.
I'm a huge fan of the prayer to St. Jude and St. Francis
And there is something very comforting about praying the rosary.

I would like to know from the above user what is the Holy Spirit prayer?

thank you to the user above me. I appreciate it.:)

Answer 9

You could easily learn The Chaplet of Divine Mercy. It consists of three very short prayers. It's prayed using rosary beads,and the entire Chaplet can be done in 10 minutes time. A short prayer, but so incredibly powerful! There's a link for you below.

In addition. at Catholic City on line, you can get free CD's of The Rosary and The Chaplet. You can listen to them at home or in the car and pray along. It's a good way to learn prayers. I'll include a link below.

May God bless you for wanting to grow closer to Him in this way.

Answer 10

Try saying prayers from the heart...I think those would be more appreciated than ones recited over and over. Read some of the prayers said by JOB, King DAVID, the Apostles, and Jesus himself...none of these people recited the same prayers over and over again, they we're all spontaneous prayers from the heart...asking God for His help and guidance in that particular moment of their lives. The Lord's Prayer is just a guide line of how we should pray, to give us an idea of the kind of prayers God finds acceptable. Otherwise, people would just ask for want they wanted or needed, and never give thanks and appreciation first to God.