Understanding the Faith
Guide
Clearly explained: prayers, devotional items and the Catholic faith from a traditional Catholic perspective.
GebetHouse Blessing: Blessing and Prayer for the Christian Home
Chalk on the door, holy water during the holy nights of Christmastide, the Sacred Heart picture in the living room: how the...
GebetLitany of Loreto: the Complete Text in Latin and English
All 49 invocations of Our Lady in Latin and English, as the Church prayed the litany up to 1962, together with its...
GebetPrayer to the Holy Spirit: Veni Creator, Pentecost Sequence and Come, Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit: the Church’s three great prayers to the Holy Spirit in Latin and English, their origin, the Pentecost novena and...
GebetChaplet of St Michael the Archangel: Order, Prayers and Indulgence
Nine salutations to the nine choirs of angels, each with one Our Father and three Hail Marys: how to pray the Chaplet...
GebetGuardian Angel Prayer: Text, Origin and the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels
Angel of God, my guardian dear: the Guardian Angel Prayer in Latin and English, the children’s verses from Deharbe’s little prayer book,...
GebetGrace Before and After Meals: Catholic Prayers in Latin and English
Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts: the wording of the Catholic grace in Latin and English, where it comes from...
GebetEvening prayer: Catholic prayers for the night
In the evening the Christian places the day in God’s hands. Here is the evening prayer of 1865 with the examination of...
GebetMorning Prayer: Catholic Prayers for the Start of the Day
The first thought of the day belongs to God. Here is a complete morning prayer from the 1865 German edition of the...
GebetAngelus Prayer: The Angel of the Lord in Latin and English
Three times a day the bell rings for the Angelus. Here is the Angelus prayer in its traditional wording, in Latin and...
GebetWhich Rosary Mysteries on Which Day: the Traditional Weekly Order
Joyful, Sorrowful or Glorious: which mysteries are prayed on which day of the week, where the order comes from and what change...
GebetSalve Regina: the Hail, Holy Queen in English and Latin, Origin and Use
The Salve Regina in English and Latin, explained line by line, with what has been handed down about Hermann of Reichenau as...
GebetGlorious Mysteries of the Rosary: All Five Decades in Full to Pray Along
From the empty tomb to the crowning in heaven: the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary in full, with the clause after “Jesus”,...
GebetThe Catholic Creed: the Apostles’ Creed and the Creed of the Mass
The Apostles’ Creed in English and Latin, its twelve articles explained according to the Roman Catechism, and beside it the great Creed...