This is a gallery of Holy Cards – click on the holy card to find the prayer for that card.
Our Lady of Fatima
O Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of the most holy Rosary, you were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima and reveal a glorious message. We implore you, inspire in our hearts a fervent love for the recitation of the Rosary. By meditating on the mysteries of the redemption that are recalled therein may we obtain the graces and virtues that we ask, through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer.
Our Lady of Lourdes
O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, Health of the Sick, Refuge of Sinners, Comfortess of the Afflicted, you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings. Look upon me with mercy. When you appeared in the grotto of Lourdes, you made it a privileged sanctuary where you dispense your favors, and where many sufferers have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and corporal. I come, therefore, with unbounded confidence to implore your maternal intercession. My loving Mother, obtain my request. I will try to imitate your virtues so that I may one day share your company and bless you in eternity. Amen.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mystical Rose, make intercession for the Holy Church, protect the Sovereign Pontiff, help all those who invoke you in their necessities, and since you are the ever Virgin Mary, and Mother of the True God, obtain for us from you most holy Son the grace of keeping our faith, of sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life, of burning charity, and the precious gift of final perseverance. Amen.
Prayer Written by St. Padre Pio
May your heart always be the temple of the Holy Spirit.
May Jesus always be the helmsman of your little spiritual ship.
May Mary be the star which shines on your path.
And may she show you the safe way to reach the Heavenly Father.
Amen
Our Lady of Mercy
Holy Mary, help the miserable, strengthen the discouraged, comfort
the sorrowful, pray for your people, plead for the clergy, intercede for all women consecrated to God. May all who venerate you feel now your help and protection. Be ready to help us when we pray, and bring back to us the answers to our prayers. Make it your continual concern to pray for the people of God, for you were blessed by God and were made worthy to bear the Redeemer of the world, who lives and reigns forever. Amen.
Our Lady Health of the Sick
Virgin, most holy, Mother of the Word Incarnate, Treasurer of graces, and Refuge of sinners, I fly top your motherly affection with lively faith, and I beg of you the grace ever to do the will of God. Into your most holy hands I commit the keeping of my heart, asking you for health of soul and body, in the certain hope that you, my most loving Mother, will hear my prayer.
Into the bosom of your tender mercy, this day, every day of my life, and at the hour of my death, I commend my soul and body.
To you I entrust all my hopes and consolations, all my trials and miseries, my life and the end of my life, that all my actions may be ordered and disposed according to your will and that of your Divine Son. Amen.
St. Rose of Lima
God our Father, for love of you St. Rose gave up everything to devote herself to a life of penance. By the help of her prayers may we imitate her selfless way of life on earth and enjoy the fullness of your blessings in heaven. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who lives and reigns with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Our Lady of the Sign
O Mother of God, fount of mercy,
Deem us worthy of your compassion.
Look upon a sinful people.
As always, show your power.
For placing our trust in you,
We cry out to you: “Hail!”
As once did Gabriel the Prince of Angels.
Amen
St. Louis de Montfort
Great Apostle and son of Our Lady, St. Louis de Montfort, your only desire was to set aflame the world with the love of Jesus through Mary. We implore you to obtain for us a perfect and constant devotion to Mary that we may participate in the faith, hope, and charity of Our Lady and that we may receive the favor we ask of you….(mention your petition).
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be
St. Louis de Montfort… pray for us (3x)
Saint Catherine of Siena
God of Wisdom you made our sister Catherine burn with divine love in contemplating the Lord’s passion and in serving your Church. With the help of her prayers may your people, united in the mystery of Christ, rejoice forever in the revelation of his glory, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Our Lady of Knock
Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland, you gave hope to your people in a time of distress and comforted them in sorrow. You have inspired countless pilgrims to pray with confidence to your divine Son, remembering His promise, “Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find”. Help me to remember that we are all pilgrims on the road to Heaven. Fill me with love and concern for my brothers and sisters in Christ, especially those who live with me. Comfort me when I am sick, lonely or depressed. Teach me how to take part ever more reverently in the Holy Mass. Give me a greater love of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Pray for me now and at the end of my death. Amen.
Our Lady Untier of Knots
O Virgin Mary, faithful Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of your children;
Mother whose hands never cease to help, because they are moved by the loving kindness that exists in your Immaculate Heart;
Cast your eyes of compassion upon me, and see the snarl of knots that exist in my life.
You know all the pains and sorrows caused by these tangled knots.
Mary, my Mother, I entrust to your loving hands the entire ribbon of my life.
In your hands there is no knot which cannot be undone.
Most holy Mother, pray for Divine Assistance to come to my aid.
Take this knot (mention need) into your maternal hands this day;
I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once and for all, in the name of your divine Son, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Our Lady of Caacupe
Dear Holy Mother, Our Lady of Caacupé, patroness of Paraguay and patroness of converts pray for us. We fly to your protection when challenged in our faith, when trying to make the right decision and in all our needs. Protect us always, give us strength and courage in our daily activities. Please keep us always close to you and your Dear Son, never abandon us and never let us abandon you. Grant us the grace of a Holy Death and keep and protect those that we love and also the most abandoned people who are in great need of your love and intercession. Through Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I plea for your help now and always. Amen
Our Lady of Caacupé, pray for me and my loved ones.
St. John Bosco
O glorious Saint John Bosco, who in order to lead young people to the feet of the divine Master and to mold them in the light of faith and Christian morality you heroically sacrifice yourself to the very end of your life and set up religious houses destined to endure and to bring to the farthest boundaries of the earth your glorious work, obtain also for us from Our Lord a holy love for young people who are exposed to so many seductions in order that we may generously spend ourselves in supporting them against the snares of the devil, in keeping them safe from the dangers of the world, and in guiding them, pure and holy, in the path that leads to God. Amen.
Oh Holy St. John Bosco, friend of the young,
teacher in the ways of God, your dedication to empowering the needy inspires us still. Help me to work for a better world, where the young are given the chance to flourish, where the poor’s dream for justice can come true, and where God’s compassion is shown to be real. Intercede for me as I bring my needs to you and to Our heavenly Mother, the Help of Christians. Amen
St. Martin de Porres
Most humble Martin de Porres, whose burning charity embraced not only thy needy brethren, but also the very animals of the field, splendid example of charity, we hail and invoke thee! From that high throne which thou dost occupy, deign to listen to the supplications of thy needy brethren that, by imitating thy virtues, we may live contented in that state in which God has placed us, and, carrying our cross with strength and courage, we may follow in the footsteps of our Blessed Redeemer and His most afflicted Mother, to reach at last the Kingdom of Heaven through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
Dear Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross,
Child of the Day of Atonement –
Yom Kippur,
Daughter of Abraham,
Bride of Christ,
Seeker of truth,
Scholar of the Church,
Handmaid of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel,
Servant of the Suffering Servant,
Presence of mercy,
Victim of victimizer,
Embracer of the Cross of Christ-like love,
Martyr of Auschwitz,
Imitator of Jesus,
Conqueror of evil,
Friend of God, Edith,
Please pray for me.
Please intercede for this petition of mine.
(Here mention your petition).
Amen.
St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
Eternal Father, I wish to honor St Charles Lwanga and Companions and I give You thanks for all the graces You have bestowed on them. I ask You to please increase grace in my soul through the merits of these saints, and I commit the end of my life to them by this special prayer, so that by virtue of Your goodness and promise, St Charles Lwanga and Companions might be my advocates and provide whatever is needed at that hour.
Amen.
St. Charles Lwanga
Holy St. Charles please pray for me to have the courage of my Catholic convictions. Keep me pure in thought and deed, help me to lead others to the Holy Trinity. Intercede for me in all my needs. Please pray that our Anglican brothers will soon be in union with the one true Holy Catholic Church. I call on you now and at my death to guide me to heaven to praise and worship God with you forever. Amen
St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, pray for us now and in our times of need. Amen.