Catholic Resources: Trusted Sites for Prayer, Scripture and the Saints

These are official or long-established Catholic sources for the daily readings, Mass times, the Liturgy of the Hours, the Catechism, the saints and public-domain sacred art. None of them is connected with Daily Catholic Prayers. Links open in a new tab.

Official Church Sources

• The Holy See, the Vatican's official site, with papal documents and Church teaching.

• Vatican News, official news from the Holy See, including the Pope's Angelus and audiences.

• Catechism of the Catholic Church, the full official English text. The shorter Compendium is a good place to start.

• USCCB Prayers, prayers and devotions from the U.S. bishops, including Basic Prayers.

• Vatican News: Prayers, the essential Catholic prayers, plus morning, evening and night prayer.

 

Daily Readings, Mass Times and the Liturgy of the Hours

• USCCB Daily Readings, today's Mass readings, free from the U.S. bishops.

• MassTimes.org, find Mass, confession and adoration times near you.

• Discover Mass, another parish finder, with bulletins and directions.

• Universalis, the Liturgy of the Hours for today on the U.S. calendar.

• iBreviary, a free online breviary in English and other languages.

• DivineOffice.org, the Liturgy of the Hours with audio for every Hour.

• USCCB: Liturgy of the Hours, the bishops' introduction to the Divine Office. See also our Liturgy of the Hours guide.

 

The Bible

• USCCB New American Bible, the full NABRE, the translation used at Mass in the United States.

• Douay-Rheims Bible (New Advent), the classic public-domain English Catholic Bible.

 

Saints and the Liturgical Calendar

• USCCB: Liturgical Year and Calendar, the seasons and feasts of the Church year.

• Catholic Online: Saints, a large index of saints, feast days and patronages.

• New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, with the Church Fathers and the Summa Theologiae on the same site.

• Franciscan Media: Saint of the Day, a short, readable saint's life for each day.

• Butler's Lives of the Saints (1866), Alban Butler's classic, public domain. See also our Catalog of Saints A–Z.

 

Classic Prayer Books (Public Domain)

• A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity (1889), the Baltimore prayer manual.

• The New Raccolta, a historical collection of indulgenced prayers. The indulgence grants it lists reflect the rules of its time.

• Christian Classics Ethereal Library, public-domain classics such as The Imitation of Christ and St. Augustine's Confessions.

 

The Rosary, Divine Mercy and Advent

• USCCB: How to Pray the Rosary, the bishops' step-by-step guide. See also our Holy Rosary page.

• Rosarium Virginis Mariae, St. John Paul II's letter on the Rosary, which gave us the Luminous Mysteries.

• Rosary Center and Confraternity, the Dominican Rosary Confraternity's guide.

• The Divine Mercy Chaplet, from the Marians of the Immaculate Conception.

• USCCB: Advent, the bishops' Advent page, with the O Antiphons.

 

Confession, Mass and Funerals

• USCCB: Penance, how the Sacrament of Reconciliation works.

• USCCB: Examinations of Conscience, several official examinations, including one for children.

• USCCB: The Mass, an introduction to the Mass and the Order of Mass.

• USCCB: Bereavement and Funerals, pastoral help for funerals and praying for the dead.

 

Teaching and Devotions

• EWTN: Devotions, novenas, litanies and other devotions, plus EWTN's document library.

• Catholic Answers, clear answers to common questions about the faith.

 

Sacred Art (Public Domain)

• The Met: Open Access, public-domain art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Web Gallery of Art, a searchable database of European painting and sculpture.

• Wikimedia Commons: Christian Art, freely licensed and public-domain Christian art.

 

For prayers to pray today, start with our Daily Prayer page or the Daily Prayer Schedule.

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Teresa