Prayers for Infertility
The Fertility Blessing
You know my deep desire for a child
A little one to love and to hold, to care for,
to cherish. Grant that my body may conceive
and give birth to a beautiful, healthy baby in
Your holy image.
Guide me in all my choices so that this
conception, my pregnancy and my baby's birth
are in line with Your will.
Heavenly Father and Holy Mother,
hear this prayer of my heart, mind and spirit.
Amen.
From www.catholic.org
Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus,
I have asked you for many favors,
but I beg for this one.
Take it, place it in your open broken heart,
and when the Eternal Father sees it
covered with the mantle of thy most Precious Blood,
He cannot refuse it.
For then it is Your prayer not mine. Amen
From <http://www.catholicinfertility.org/prayer.html>
The Rosary
Infertility can be very tough on a marriage. Many couples pray a rosary together for their marriage and future children.
From <http://www.catholicinfertility.org/prayer.html>
St. David's Infertility Prayer
Thank you, Lord, for all the blessings in my life. Help me to remember them as I face the challenges of infertility. I pray that I can surrender myself into your hands. Let me accept the reality of this situation and have the wisdom and courage to take action where I can. Strengthen my body, mind and spirit to endure the trials of infertility. Keep me ever mindful of the needs of others and grant us your peace. Amen.
Prayer to St. Gerard
O good St. Gerard,
powerful intercessor before God
and wonder-worker of our day,
I call on you and seek your help.
You who on earth did always fulfill God's design,
help me to do the Holy Will of God.
Beseech the Master of Life,
from whom all paternity proceeded,
to make me fruitful in offspring,
that I may raise up children to God in this life
and heirs to the Kingdom of His glory
in the world to come. Amen.
The Prayer of Abandonment
Father,
I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me,
and in all your creatures
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,
for you are my Father.
~Blessed Charles de Foucauld
Prayer for the Death of a Child
This prayer resource comes from the Online Ministries @ Creighton University and lists several different (and very specific) prayers for Mothers involving different roles in life, parenting, and loss.
Prayer to Conceive, from Mothers' Manual by Bart Tesoriero
Heavenly Father, for You all things are possible. In Your Word You tell us: "Children too are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, His reward." -Psalm 127:3
O Father, I trust in You and in Your unconditional love for us. I believe that You will hear my prayer, offered through the intercession of your Mother Mary. I believe that you You will answer me according to Your Divine Will, for You have promised to give us the desires of our heart as we delight in You. O Lord, increase in us always the presence and power of Your Divine Life. Thank You for Your mercy, grace, peace, and provision. In Jesus's name. Amen.
Mother of mothers, pray for us!
Dear Mother Mary, you received from God the treasured blessing of divine motherhood. In the name of the joys you knew when you pressed your beloved Baby to your breast, please hear and bless my petition! You are the Mother of Mothers and you hold Motherhood very dear. You know the great and real dignity of motherhood. You know the great privilege of bringing into this world a new soul destined to praise God forever in heaven. Dear Mother, I ask that through your intercession God would grant to me and my husband the grace to conceive a child.
Prayer after a Miscarriage, from Mothers' Manual by Bart Tesoriero
O heavenly Father, You know what is best for us always. Perhaps my child would have suffered greatly in life, or wasn't ready yet to come into the world. I ask you, dear God, to please send Your mercy on all parents who are experiencing the loss and pain of a miscarriage and console them with the sure certainty that they will see their little treasure again.
I admit I feel some fear for the future, an apprehension that this could happen again. Nevertheless, O Lord, I put my trust in You. You are the God who heals me; You are the Good Shepherd who will neither leave me nor forsake me, so I am at peace. Please kiss my little angel, and tell my child I yearn for the day we will be together again, with You, in the Kingdom of heaven.
O Lord, grant my husband and me the grace according to Your Will to conceive again. Help us continue to make our home a welcoming place for all life.
Jesus, Comforter of all who mourn, we put our trust in You. Amen.
Dear Mother Mary, I come before you today with a heavy heart. I have lost the beautiful child from within my womb, the child God gave me. I do not want to accept this, yet I bring my sorrow to you, O Mother of Sorrows, because you understand. I am filled with a deep sadness, O Mary, and I cry sometimes silently for this my beloved little one, now with you. O Mary, I feel so alone, although my family and friends do their best to comfort me. Still, I trust God, even when I don't understand.
Prayer at the Death of a Child, from Mothers' Manual by Bart Tesoriero
O Mary, I don't understand why God has allowed this sorrow to come into my life. However, I trust Him as my loving Father Who knows what is best for me. O Mother Mary, help me put all my trust in Him. Please take my child now under your mantle, and hold him/her close to your heart. Please pray that God will give my family and me His grace and strength to carry on. May I, like you, O Mother, be faithful to the end. Amen.
O most sorrowful Mother, my child is gone, and what can I say? I feel so lonely, so sad; I miss my child so very much. O dear Mother, I just want to run into your arms and your consoling embrace. I need the comfort of your sorrowful heart. I have lost my child, the light of my eyes, just as you lost your Son, Jesus, when He died on the cross for us.
From <http://conceivinghope.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_24.html#Locator>
Prayers to Saint Anne:
Good Saint Anne, you were especially favored by God to be the mother of the most holy Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Savior. By your power with your most pure daughter and with her divine Son, kindly obtain for us the grace and the favor we now seek. Please secure for us also forgiveness of our past sins, the strength to perform faithfully our daily duties and the help we need to persevere in the love of Jesus and Mary. Amen.
Dear Saint Anne, we know nothing about you except your name. But you gave us the Mother of God who called herself handmaid of the Lord. In your home you raised the Queen of Heaven and are rightly the model of homemakers. In your womb came to dwell the new Eve uniquely conceived without sin. Intercede for us that we too may remain free from sin. Amen.
Glorious Saint Anne, we think of you as filled with compassion for those who invoke you and with love for those who suffer. Heavily laden with the weight of my troubles, I cast myself at your feet and humbly beg of you to take the present affair which I recommend to you under you special protection.
(Mention the request.)
Deign to commend it to your daughter, our Blessed Lady, and lay it before the throne of Jesus, so that He may bring it to a happy conclusion. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted. Above all, obtain for me the grace of one day beholding my God face to face. With you and Mary and all the saints, may I praise and bless Him for all eternity.
Good Saint Anne, mother of her who is our life, our sweetness and our hope, pray for me. Amen.
From <http://www.fertilitycare.net/StAnne.html>
Blessing for IF couples
From <http://tellhimyourplans.blogspot.com/p/blessing-for.html>
http://hannahstears.net/2011/07/patron-saints-fertility-pregnancy-loss/
You know my deep desire for a child
A little one to love and to hold, to care for,
to cherish. Grant that my body may conceive
and give birth to a beautiful, healthy baby in
Your holy image.
Guide me in all my choices so that this
conception, my pregnancy and my baby's birth
are in line with Your will.
Heavenly Father and Holy Mother,
hear this prayer of my heart, mind and spirit.
Amen.
From www.catholic.org
Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus,
I have asked you for many favors,
but I beg for this one.
Take it, place it in your open broken heart,
and when the Eternal Father sees it
covered with the mantle of thy most Precious Blood,
He cannot refuse it.
For then it is Your prayer not mine. Amen
From <http://www.catholicinfertility.org/prayer.html>
The Rosary
Infertility can be very tough on a marriage. Many couples pray a rosary together for their marriage and future children.
From <http://www.catholicinfertility.org/prayer.html>
St. David's Infertility Prayer
Thank you, Lord, for all the blessings in my life. Help me to remember them as I face the challenges of infertility. I pray that I can surrender myself into your hands. Let me accept the reality of this situation and have the wisdom and courage to take action where I can. Strengthen my body, mind and spirit to endure the trials of infertility. Keep me ever mindful of the needs of others and grant us your peace. Amen.
Prayer to St. Gerard
O good St. Gerard,
powerful intercessor before God
and wonder-worker of our day,
I call on you and seek your help.
You who on earth did always fulfill God's design,
help me to do the Holy Will of God.
Beseech the Master of Life,
from whom all paternity proceeded,
to make me fruitful in offspring,
that I may raise up children to God in this life
and heirs to the Kingdom of His glory
in the world to come. Amen.
The Prayer of Abandonment
Father,
I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me,
and in all your creatures
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,
for you are my Father.
~Blessed Charles de Foucauld
Prayer for the Death of a Child
This prayer resource comes from the Online Ministries @ Creighton University and lists several different (and very specific) prayers for Mothers involving different roles in life, parenting, and loss.
Prayer to Conceive, from Mothers' Manual by Bart Tesoriero
Heavenly Father, for You all things are possible. In Your Word You tell us: "Children too are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, His reward." -Psalm 127:3
O Father, I trust in You and in Your unconditional love for us. I believe that You will hear my prayer, offered through the intercession of your Mother Mary. I believe that you You will answer me according to Your Divine Will, for You have promised to give us the desires of our heart as we delight in You. O Lord, increase in us always the presence and power of Your Divine Life. Thank You for Your mercy, grace, peace, and provision. In Jesus's name. Amen.
Mother of mothers, pray for us!
Dear Mother Mary, you received from God the treasured blessing of divine motherhood. In the name of the joys you knew when you pressed your beloved Baby to your breast, please hear and bless my petition! You are the Mother of Mothers and you hold Motherhood very dear. You know the great and real dignity of motherhood. You know the great privilege of bringing into this world a new soul destined to praise God forever in heaven. Dear Mother, I ask that through your intercession God would grant to me and my husband the grace to conceive a child.
Prayer after a Miscarriage, from Mothers' Manual by Bart Tesoriero
O heavenly Father, You know what is best for us always. Perhaps my child would have suffered greatly in life, or wasn't ready yet to come into the world. I ask you, dear God, to please send Your mercy on all parents who are experiencing the loss and pain of a miscarriage and console them with the sure certainty that they will see their little treasure again.
I admit I feel some fear for the future, an apprehension that this could happen again. Nevertheless, O Lord, I put my trust in You. You are the God who heals me; You are the Good Shepherd who will neither leave me nor forsake me, so I am at peace. Please kiss my little angel, and tell my child I yearn for the day we will be together again, with You, in the Kingdom of heaven.
O Lord, grant my husband and me the grace according to Your Will to conceive again. Help us continue to make our home a welcoming place for all life.
Jesus, Comforter of all who mourn, we put our trust in You. Amen.
Dear Mother Mary, I come before you today with a heavy heart. I have lost the beautiful child from within my womb, the child God gave me. I do not want to accept this, yet I bring my sorrow to you, O Mother of Sorrows, because you understand. I am filled with a deep sadness, O Mary, and I cry sometimes silently for this my beloved little one, now with you. O Mary, I feel so alone, although my family and friends do their best to comfort me. Still, I trust God, even when I don't understand.
Prayer at the Death of a Child, from Mothers' Manual by Bart Tesoriero
O Mary, I don't understand why God has allowed this sorrow to come into my life. However, I trust Him as my loving Father Who knows what is best for me. O Mother Mary, help me put all my trust in Him. Please take my child now under your mantle, and hold him/her close to your heart. Please pray that God will give my family and me His grace and strength to carry on. May I, like you, O Mother, be faithful to the end. Amen.
O most sorrowful Mother, my child is gone, and what can I say? I feel so lonely, so sad; I miss my child so very much. O dear Mother, I just want to run into your arms and your consoling embrace. I need the comfort of your sorrowful heart. I have lost my child, the light of my eyes, just as you lost your Son, Jesus, when He died on the cross for us.
From <http://conceivinghope.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_24.html#Locator>
Prayers to Saint Anne:
Good Saint Anne, you were especially favored by God to be the mother of the most holy Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Savior. By your power with your most pure daughter and with her divine Son, kindly obtain for us the grace and the favor we now seek. Please secure for us also forgiveness of our past sins, the strength to perform faithfully our daily duties and the help we need to persevere in the love of Jesus and Mary. Amen.
Dear Saint Anne, we know nothing about you except your name. But you gave us the Mother of God who called herself handmaid of the Lord. In your home you raised the Queen of Heaven and are rightly the model of homemakers. In your womb came to dwell the new Eve uniquely conceived without sin. Intercede for us that we too may remain free from sin. Amen.
Glorious Saint Anne, we think of you as filled with compassion for those who invoke you and with love for those who suffer. Heavily laden with the weight of my troubles, I cast myself at your feet and humbly beg of you to take the present affair which I recommend to you under you special protection.
(Mention the request.)
Deign to commend it to your daughter, our Blessed Lady, and lay it before the throne of Jesus, so that He may bring it to a happy conclusion. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted. Above all, obtain for me the grace of one day beholding my God face to face. With you and Mary and all the saints, may I praise and bless Him for all eternity.
Good Saint Anne, mother of her who is our life, our sweetness and our hope, pray for me. Amen.
From <http://www.fertilitycare.net/StAnne.html>
Blessing for IF couples
From <http://tellhimyourplans.blogspot.com/p/blessing-for.html>
http://hannahstears.net/2011/07/patron-saints-fertility-pregnancy-loss/