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Wisdom of Elders

Catholic Prayers for Elderly Parents, Grandparents & Aging with Grace

Holy Scripture venerates the silver crown of old age. Catholic prayers for aging elders honor their lifelong sacrifices, ask for patience in infirmity, and surround them with the loving embrace of Sts. Joachim and Anne.

“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you.”

— Isaiah 46:4

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Treasury of Prayers (36)

Curated Liturgical Collection
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A Christian Prayer on Aging

May Christ keep me ever young "to the greater glory of God."For old age comes from Him, old age leads to Him,and old age will touch me only...

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A Growing Family?

Lord,I thank You for this baby and I give my pregnancy to You, praying that throughout the whole time You will be there to comfort and enco...

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A Prayer For a Family

O dear Jesus, I humbly implore You to grant Your special graces to our family. May our home be the shrine of peace, purity, love, labor and ...

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A Prayer for a Sick Child

St. Gerard, who, like the Saviour, loved children so tenderly and by your prayers freed many from disease and even death, listen to us who a...

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A Prayer for Grandparents

Dear St. Ann, You were truly twice blessed To have our blessed Mother As your daughter And Jesus our Savior As your grandson. I know that ev...

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A Prayer for Healing

Lord, You invite all who are burdened to come to you. Allow Your healing Hand to heal me. Touch my soul with Your compassion for others; tou...

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A Prayer for Healing #2

Lord, look upon me with eyes of mercy, may Your healing hand rest upon me, may Your lifegiving powers flow into every cell of my body and in...

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A Prayer For Memory Loss

Dear Heavenly Father, it is so distressing to watch those that we love suffering from memory loss, so they are not even able to remember the...

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A Prayer For My Sick Child

Loving Lord Jesus, You are the good Shepherd of the sheep and You are the One Who carries the little lambs in Your arms and gently cares for...

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A Prayer for the Family

O God of goodness and mercy, to Thy fatherly guidance we commend our family, our household and all our belongings. We commit all to Thy love...

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A Prayer for the Sick

Omnipotent and eternal God, the everlasting Salvation of those who believe, hear us on behalf of Thy sick servant, (name), for whom we beg t...

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A Prayer for the Sick # 2

Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give Your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend Your sick ones, O Lord...

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A Prayer to Jesus for Healing

Dear Lord, You are the Just judge, Holy and True. You are the Most High God. You give us life. You hold all power in your hands. You are the...

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A Psalm for the Sick

O Lord, in Your anger punish me not; in Your wrath chastise me not. For Your arrows have sunk deep in me; Your hand has come down upon me. ...

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Bedtime Prayers For Healing

Dear Lord as I settle down once again for the night I pray for Your healing touch on every part of my life � both spiritual and physical. Lo...

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Bless Our Home and Family

Heavenly Father, You are the God of peace and love, and we pray that Your perfect peace would fill our hearts and our home and that Your gra...

Understanding Prayer for Elderly & Grandparents

Who are the patron saints of grandparents and older adults?

St. Joachim and St. Anne, the holy grandparents of Jesus and parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are the universal patrons of grandparents and the elderly.

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