Book III · Prayers
A chapel
for every day
Franciscan prayers for morning, night, peace, creation, and difficult days, with authorship and context clearly explained.
Sources, context, and contemplation
A story brought close without losing the truth.
Every page is written to be clear and welcoming without flattening the complexity of history.
We distinguish documents, traditions, and legends, and always explain the origin of prayers and quotations.
Complete contents
26 paths to explore
Choose a page to begin. Follow the order or enter through the story you need most today.
Praises of God Most High
The prayer Saint Francis wrote after La Verna: a succession of names in which the whole heart can rest in God.
Read now →When we want to give thanks and adore02
Prayer before the Crucifix
The young Francis’s short prayer: light for the heart, faith for the journey, and courage to carry out God’s will.
Read now →When we do not know which path to take03
Blessing for Brother Leo
A short blessing written in Francis’s own hand to shelter a friend who was going through a difficult time.
Read now →When someone needs comfort and protection04
Salutation of the Virtues
Francis greets six virtues as sisters and shows us that goodness grows as a family within the heart.
Read now →When we want to overcome a harmful habit with goodness05
Salutation to the Mother of God
The brief, luminous salutation in which Francis contemplates Mary as God’s dwelling and learns from her to say yes.
Read now →When we need to learn to say yes06
Paraphrase of the Our Father
Francis opens each phrase of Jesus’s prayer and reveals how much life familiar words can hold.
Read now →When familiar words seem too small07
Prayer to be an instrument of peace
An original prayer to receive the peace of Jesus and carry it through small, courageous actions to places where life has been broken.
Read now →When there is conflict08
Prayer of simplicity
A prayer inspired by Saint Francis of Assisi to quiet excess, give thanks for small things, and discover how much love a simple life can hold.
Read now →When everything seems too much09
Prayer for fraternity
A prayer to learn to call those who think differently our brothers and sisters, welcome those left out, and make room at the table.
Read now →When there is division or loneliness, or someone has been left out10
Prayer for creation
A prayer of gratitude and care that recognizes the Earth, water, animals, and every person as gifts received from God.
Read now →When we want to give thanks, care for the Earth, or recover hope11
Prayer for the poor
A prayer that recognizes the dignity of people facing poverty and turns compassion into sharing, justice, and friendship.
Read now →When poverty calls for a response12
Prayer for those who suffer
A prayer to remain tenderly beside those in pain, asking for comfort, competent care, and hope without easy answers.
Read now →When someone is going through pain13
Morning prayer on waking: receive the day as a gift
An original prayer to open your eyes, give thanks for life, and begin the day with the simplicity and joy of Saint Francis.
Read now →On waking14
Bedtime prayer: place the day in God’s hands
An original prayer to give thanks, ask forgiveness, and rest in God’s care when the house grows quiet.
Read now →Before sleep15
When we feel afraid: a prayer for seeking shelter
An original prayer that welcomes fear without shame, asks for Jesus’ presence, and teaches that courage also means seeking protection.
Read now →When we feel afraid16
When we need to forgive
A prayer for entrusting our wound to God, seeking truth, and moving toward forgiveness without abandoning justice, protection, or necessary boundaries.
Read now →When we need to forgive17
When someone is ill
A prayer for accompanying someone who is ill with hope, practical care and tenderness, without blame and without abandoning medical treatment.
Read now →When someone is ill18
When we lose someone
A prayer for moving through grief without hiding our tears, entrusting the person who died to God and asking for companionship through each day of longing.
Read now →When we lose someone19
Prayer before study or work
A prayer to begin a task with attention and peace, offer our gifts to God, and remember that our worth does not depend on grades, results, or exhaustion.
Read now →Before study or work20
When we cannot pray
A prayer for days without words, when the mind wanders, the heart feels dry, or weariness is so great that all we can do is remain.
Read now →When we cannot pray21
Praying with the Tau: letting the Gospel mark your life
A contemplative path for holding, tracing, and living the Tau as a sign of belonging to Christ, conversion, and practical care.
Read now →When we want to begin again22
Praying before the cross: remaining with the love of Jesus
A gentle path for contemplating the cross without fear, entrusting our own pain to Jesus, and learning the love that abandons no one.
Read now →When we need to remain23
Praying with the Canticle of the Creatures: joining creation’s chorus
A contemplative path inspired by Francis’s authentic canticle: praising the Creator, recognising every creature as a sister or brother, and turning gratitude into care.
Read now →When we want to praise with creation24
Praying in silence
A welcoming path for remaining with Jesus without demanding an empty mind: with our thoughts, movements, anxiety, and all that we are.
Read now →When we simply need to be with God25
Praying while walking
A path of prayer with the body, the senses and creation—on foot, with support, in a wheelchair or by following the journey in any way possible.
Read now →When the body needs to help the heart pray26
Prayer for world peace
A prayer that does not look away from war: it asks for peace, seeks reliable information, helps those who suffer, and chooses the courage of nonviolent action.
Read now →When news of war wounds the heart