Short Christian prayers to use

Borrowed words can carry prayer when your attention is thin. Use them as written or let each line open into your own words.

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Known prayers, simple forms, and words you can make your own.

Pray through the Lord's Prayer slowlyUnderstand the Lord's Prayer one line at a time, compare common wording, and use its structure for your own prayer today.

Simple prayers before a mealChoose a short mealtime prayer for everyday food, children, guests, celebrations, and times when the table feels strained.

Use the Serenity Prayer in a difficult situationUnderstand the Serenity Prayer and use its three movements to sort what you must accept, change, or discuss with someone wise.

Pray with the words linked to St FrancisExplore the prayer linked to St Francis, its call to become an instrument of peace, and a practical way to live one line today.

A Christmas prayer for home or churchUse a clear Christmas prayer that holds joy, pressure, grief, hospitality, and the hope Christians find in the birth of Jesus.