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Prayers to Jesus
Pray directly to Jesus with complete Catholic prayer texts: Divine Mercy, Sacred Heart, Anima Christi, the Jesus Prayer and a prayer before a crucifix. Easy to read and print.
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Which prayer to Jesus should I pray? Choose the page that matches your need: mercy and forgiveness, trust in a difficult intention, closeness after Communion, peace through slow repetition, or repentance before the Cross. Every page puts the prayer text first and includes a simple way to pray it.
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Start with the prayer you can pray today
You do not need to know the history of every devotion before you begin. Open a page, read the complete prayer slowly, and stay with one line that meets your situation. The explanations are there to help you pray with understanding, not to put more distance between you and Jesus.
Prayers for common needs
- Mercy and forgiveness: pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
- Trust and a serious intention: pray the Prayer to the Sacred Heart.
- Anxiety or scattered attention: use the Jesus Prayer with a calm breath.
- Contrition before the Cross: pray before a crucifix.
Pray directly to Jesus with a prayer that fits this moment
This collection gathers prayers addressed to Jesus for different moments: before a crucifix, after Communion, in suffering, in mercy and in quiet repetition of his name. Choose the page that matches your need, read the prayer first and use the context only as much as it helps you pray.
Catholic prayer can be addressed to Jesus within the Church's wider Trinitarian life. Traditional texts are identified, original guidance is labelled and no prayer is presented as a guarantee of healing, protection or a material result.