Petition prayers

Prayers of petition and intercession that ask God for help, guidance, grace, protection, or intervention: the Memorare, the Prayer to St. Michael, the Prayer of Humble Access, the Anima Christi, the Serenity Prayer, the Prayer of St. Francis, and the BCP Collects for Peace and Grace.

Catholic

Adoro Te Devote c. 1264 AD O Salutaris Hostia 1264 AD Prayer Before a Crucifix 16th century AD; Lasance 1913 Prayer Before Communion 16th-17th century AD; Lasance 1913 Prayer of Cyprian of Carthage c. 250 AD Prayer of Tertullian c. 200 AD Prayer to St. Anthony 19th-20th century AD Prayer to St. Joseph 19th century AD; Lasance 1913 Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel 1886 AD Prayer to the Guardian Angel Medieval (Latin original); 17th century (English verse form); Lasance 1913 Stabat Mater 13th century AD Tantum Ergo 1264 AD The Anima Christi 14th century AD The Hail Mary Luke 1:28, 42 (1st century AD); full form by 15th century AD; Lasance 1913 The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary 12th century origin; 1587 AD approval; Lasance 1913 The Litany of the Sacred Heart 1899 AD; Lasance 1913 The Memorare 15th century AD; Lasance 1913 The Pater Noster 1st century AD (text); c. 400 AD (Vulgate Latin form) The Rosary Opening Prayers 1569 AD (standardized); Lasance 1913 The Suscipe 1548 AD Veni Creator Spiritus 9th century AD Veni Sancte Spiritus 13th century AD

Orthodox

Akathist to the Sweetest Lord Jesus 13th century AD Akathist to the Theotokos: Opening Kontakion 6th century AD; Hapgood 1906 Prayer at the Beginning of the Day 19th century AD; OCA Prayer Book 1979 Prayer Before an Icon Medieval Prayer Before Holy Communion 9th-10th century AD; Hapgood 1906 Prayer of St. John Chrysostom 4th-5th century AD; Hapgood 1906; BCP 1662 Prayer of St. Symeon the New Theologian c. 1000 AD The Anaphora of St. Basil 4th century AD The Jesus Prayer 5th century AD Wudasse Maryam 14th century AD

Anglican

A Prayer for the Sick (BCP) 1662 AD A Prayer for the Whole State of Christ's Church 1549 (original); 1662 (current form) The Collect for Advent Sunday Ancient (Latin origin); 1549 (Cranmer translation); 1662 (current form) The Collect for Aid Against All Perils Ancient (Latin origin); 1549 (Cranmer translation); 1662 (current form) The Collect for Grace 1549 (original); 1662 (current form) The Collect for Peace Ancient (Latin origin); 1549 (Cranmer translation); 1662 (current form) The Prayer of Humble Access 1548 (original); 1662 (current form) The Prayer of St. Chrysostom (BCP) Ancient attribution; 1544 (Cranmer); 1662 (BCP form)

Protestant

A Bedtime Prayer Traditional Jesus, Lover of My Soul 1740 AD Prayer of Sojourner Truth 19th century AD Steal Away to Jesus Pre-1865 The Sinner's Prayer 20th century AD

Ecumenical

A Prayer for a Sick Person 1662 A Prayer for Anointing of the Sick 1st century AD (biblical pattern) A Prayer for the Holy Spirit at Pentecost 1662 A Prayer in Sorrow Contemporary traditional form An Advent Prayer Traditional; BCP 1662 language Psalm 23 pre-6th century BC Psalm 91 Ancient Israelite St. Patrick's Breastplate 8th century AD (manuscript); 1889 AD (Alexander translation) Sub Tuum Praesidium c. 250 AD The Agnus Dei c. 700 AD (liturgical form) The Beatitudes 1st century AD The Kyrie 4th century AD The Prayer of Azariah c. 2nd century BC The Prayer of Jabez pre-10th century BC The Prayer of Manasseh c. 2nd century BC The Prayer of St. Francis 1912 The Prayer of Thomas à Kempis c. 1418-1427 The Serenity Prayer c. 1943

Other

A Wesleyan Morning Prayer 18th century Spurgeon's Prayer for Strength 19th century Spurgeon's Prayer for Trust 19th century