Praise prayers

Prayers of praise and adoration, including the great hymns and doxologies of the Christian liturgical tradition: the Te Deum, the Sanctus, the Magnificat, the Veni Creator Spiritus, the Glory Be, and the Litanies of the Sacred Heart and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Catholic

Adoro Te Devote c. 1264 AD O Salutaris Hostia 1264 AD Pange Lingua Gloriosi 1264 AD Prayer After Communion 16th-17th century AD; Lasance 1913 Prayer of Cyprian of Carthage c. 250 AD Prayer of Tertullian c. 200 AD Tantum Ergo 1264 AD The Act of Faith 17th-18th century AD; Lasance 1913 The Act of Love 17th-18th century AD; Lasance 1913 The Angelus 15th century AD (full form); Lasance 1913 The Anima Christi 14th century AD The Divine Praises 1797 AD; Lasance 1913 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 Mysteries of the Rosary 15th century AD (traditional mysteries); 2002 AD (Luminous Mysteries) The Pater Noster 1st century AD (text); c. 400 AD (Vulgate Latin form) The Rosary Opening Prayers 1569 AD (standardized); Lasance 1913 The Salve Regina 11th century AD; Lasance 1913 The Suscipe 1548 AD Veni Creator Spiritus 9th century AD Veni Sancte Spiritus 13th century AD Victimae Paschali Laudes c. 1040 AD

Orthodox

Akathist to the Sweetest Lord Jesus 13th century AD Akathist to the Theotokos: Opening Kontakion 6th century AD; Hapgood 1906 Prayer After Holy Communion 9th-10th century AD; Hapgood 1906 Prayer Before an Icon Medieval Prayer Before Reading Scripture Ancient; Hapgood 1906 The Anaphora of St. Basil 4th century AD The Beatitudes: Orthodox Liturgical Form 1st century AD (text); Hapgood 1906 (liturgical form) The Cherubic Hymn 6th century AD The Prayer of the Hours: An Introduction 4th-5th century AD; Hapgood 1906 The Trisagion Prayers Ancient; Hapgood 1906 Wudasse Maryam 14th century AD

Anglican

Evening Prayer: Opening 1549 (original); 1662 (current form) Morning Prayer: Opening 1549 (original); 1662 (current form) The Collect for All Saints Ancient (Latin origin); 1549 (Cranmer translation); 1662 (current form)

Protestant

Grace Before Meals Traditional Jesus, Lover of My Soul 1740 AD Prayer for the Family at Mealtime Traditional Prayer of Sojourner Truth 19th century AD Steal Away to Jesus Pre-1865

Ecumenical

A Christmas Prayer 1662 A Prayer for the Holy Spirit at Pentecost 1662 An Easter Prayer 1662 (BCP form); ancient (Orthodox form) Sub Tuum Praesidium c. 250 AD The Aaronic Blessing pre-6th century BC The Agnus Dei c. 700 AD (liturgical form) The Apostles' Creed pre-700 AD (Latin form); 1662 (English BCP form) The Beatitudes 1st century AD The Glory Be 4th century AD (Latin form); 1662 (English BCP form) The Lord's Prayer 1st century AD (biblical text); 1662 (English liturgical form, BCP) The Magnificat 1st century AD The Nicene Creed 325 AD (original); 381 AD (expanded form) The Prayer of Azariah c. 2nd century BC The Prayer of Saint Anselm 1077-1078 The Prayer of Saint Augustine c. 397-401 AD The Sanctus 1st century AD The Song of Hannah c. 1000 BC The Te Deum 4th century AD The Trisagion pre-500 AD

Other

Calvin's Prayer for the Lord's Day 1542 Luther's Mealtime Prayers 1529 Luther's Morning Prayer 1529 The Wesleyan Covenant Prayer 1755