St. Faustina Prayer Book for Adoration. Susan Tassone
with St. Faustina
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
Praying with St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Praying with St. Teresa of Calcutta
Sidebar: Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
IX. Private Adoration After Receiving Holy Communion
Sidebar: “I Have Only One Task”
Prayers to the Angels
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
Prayer to the Archangels
Invocation to One’s Holy Guardian Angel
The Angel’s Prayer at Fátima
Sidebar: “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”
The Guardian Angel Prayer of St. Gertrude
Prayers of the Saints
Prayer to Jesus in the Tabernacle by St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Prayer to St. Mary Magdalene
Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great
Sidebar: St. John Bosco on the Blessed Sacrament
Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Peter Julian Eymard: Pray Through St. Joseph
Prayer of St. Maximilian Kolbe
Prayer of Blessed Charles de Foucauld
Sidebar: Venerable Archbishop Sheen’s Holy Hour of Prayer
XII. Prayers for Priests and Religious
Sidebar: The Priesthood Needs Prayers
Sidebar: A Prayer for Laborers for Your Harvest
Sidebar: A Prayer for Priestly Vocations
XIII. Adoration for the Dying and the Holy Souls in Purgatory
Adoring for the Dying
Sidebar: How to Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Prayers for the Dying
Prayer to St. Mary Magdalene
Consecration to the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph
Adoring for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
Prayers for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
Prayer to St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Patron of the Holy Souls in Purgatory
Prayer for Souls, Attributed to St. Gertrude
Act of Mercy for the Holy Souls
XIV. Spiritual Adoration at Home
Sidebar: Living Faith
Making a Spiritual Communion
Spiritual Communion Prayer
Short Prayers of Adoration
Sidebar: The “Spiritual Adoration” of Three Saints
The Nicene Creed Litany of Adoration
Te Deum
Praying with the Psalms
Sidebar: Adoration Prayer by King David
XV. Prayers for Various Intentions
For My Family
For My Country
For Beloved Friends
For Those Who Asked Me to Pray for Them
For the Sick and Suffering
For the Mentally Ill and Those Considering Suicide
For Those Who Have Lost Hope in God’s Mercy
For the Conversion of Sinners
For Those Whose Soul Is “Withering”
For Spiritual Directors
For the Church, Missions, and Other Intentions
For Myself
For Mercy on Me
St. Faustina’s Seven Insights on Adoration
Seven Tips for Adoration
Seven Obstacles to Adoration and How to Deal with Them
Contemporary Popes on Eucharistic Adoration
Twenty-First-Century Adorers
Bibliography and Acknowledgments
Editor’s note: Citations at the end of quotations refer to numbered sections of the Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska. For example, see “(441)” on page 22.
Personal Acknowledgments
I’m delighted to share with you some very special heroes in my life. Without them this awesome book wouldn’t have been possible!
To Jaymie Stuart Wolfe. My OSV editor and supporter. It was so helpful having a partner as we navigated the book to its finish.
To Jill Adamson. My OSV Senior Trade Marketing Leader. You’re beyond amazing, wearing so many hats as you make my works — and “The Purgatory Lady”