Printable booklet: Prayers for Special Occasions, $3.99.

Prayers for Special Occasions ($3.99) is a 17-page printable booklet with prayers for every milestone above, plus pages to record your family's special days and blessings from guests.

Prayers for a New Baby ($4.99) has prayers for the birth, the mother and Baptism, with write-in pages.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Catholic prayer for a birthday?

A simple Catholic birthday prayer thanks God for the gift of life and asks His blessing on the year ahead. Many families also read Psalm 138 (139), "I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified," and give the priestly blessing from Numbers 6:24-26: "The Lord bless thee, and keep thee."

What is a good Catholic prayer for a wedding?

The prayer of Tobias and Sara (Tobit 8) is the classic Catholic wedding prayer. It ends: "Have mercy on us, O Lord, and let us grow old both together in health." 1 Corinthians 13, "Love is patient, is kind" (adapted from the Douay-Rheims), is a favorite wedding reading.

What prayer do Catholics say on a wedding anniversary?

Couples often pray Psalm 127 (128), "Blessed are all they that fear the Lord," thank God for their years together, and renew their marriage promises in their own words. Some couples go to Mass together on the day.

What prayer is said at First Communion?

Children are taught an act of faith and desire before Communion and the Anima Christi ("Soul of Christ, sanctify me") after receiving.

How do Catholics bless a new home?

Ask a priest to bless the house. Until he can, the family can walk through each room with holy water and pray "Peace be to this house" and the night prayer "Visit, we beseech Thee, O Lord, this dwelling."

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Teresa