🏰 European Christian Prayers

☘️ St. Patrick's Breastplate

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me. Amen.

St. Patrick, 5th Century Ireland

🌅 Celtic Morning Prayer

I arise today through the strength of heaven: light of sun, radiance of moon, splendor of fire, speed of lightning, swiftness of wind, depth of sea, stability of earth, firmness of rock. I arise today through God's strength to pilot me. Amen.

Irish Monastic Tradition

Celtic Blessing

Deep peace of the running wave to you. Deep peace of the flowing air to you. Deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the shining stars to you. Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you. Amen.

Traditional Gaelic Blessing

🇮🇹 Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

St. Francis of Assisi, 13th Century Italy

🌹 Prayer of St. Catherine of Siena

You, O eternal Trinity, are a deep sea into which the more I enter, the more I find, and the more I find, the more I seek. O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, what more could You give me than Yourself? Amen.

St. Catherine of Siena, 14th Century Italy

🇫🇷 Prayer of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child of God. Amen.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux, 19th Century France

Taizé Prayer

O Lord, hear my prayer. O Lord, hear my prayer. When I call, answer me. O Lord, hear my prayer. O Lord, hear my prayer. Come and listen to me.

Taizé Community, France

🇪🇸 Prayer of St. Teresa of Ávila

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. Amen.

St. Teresa of Ávila, 16th Century Spain

🔥 Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To You, Lord, I return it. Everything is Yours; do with it what You will. Give me only Your love and Your grace, that is enough for me. Amen.

St. Ignatius of Loyola, 16th Century Spain

🇩🇪 Luther's Morning Prayer

I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.

Martin Luther, 16th Century Germany

☦️ The Jesus Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Prayed continuously on prayer beads (chotki), this ancient prayer from the Desert Fathers became central to Eastern Orthodox spirituality.

Eastern Orthodox Tradition

🇷🇺 Russian Orthodox Evening Prayer

O Lord our God, whatever sins I have committed this day in word, deed, or thought, forgive me, for You are good and love mankind. Grant me peaceful and undisturbed sleep. Send Your guardian angel to protect and keep me from all evil. For You are the guardian of our souls and bodies, and to You we ascribe glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Russian Orthodox Tradition

🇬🇷 Greek Orthodox Trisagion

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (×3) Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Greek Orthodox Tradition