SCSC Prayers

Perpetual Adoration

From the initial days of the congregation, the founders introduced perpetual adoration where each Province, Vicariate and House daily has hours assigned it to pray for the Congregation, the Church our Benefactors and God's people.

Father of mercy and God of all consolation, You have called Bl. Ulrika of Hegne to follow Your Crucified Son and to humbly fulfil her daily service with a love that knows no measure. Through her intercession, give us the strength to bear the difficulties of life as a completion of the sufferings of Christ. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord Jesus. AMEN

Prayer through Bl. Ulrika Nisch of Hegne

Missionary prayer

God our loving Father, you led our Holy Cross communities to different parts of the world. We thank you for our sisters who dedicated themselves as missionaries in your service for the people of different situations. Lord, you have called us with the same purpose. Rooted in the love of Jesus, strengthen the bonds of love among us, unite us in one common mission, inspire us with your Holy Spirit, challenge us with your truth, guide us with your wisdom, help us to live in solidarity among our people and bring the message of salvation in the midst of suffering and chaos. Renew our missionary zeal that we may respond to the needs of the time and stand firm in our conviction. We pledge ourselves to remain faithful to our charism and dedicate our lives fully to you. This prayer we make in the name of Jesus who lives and reigns forever. AMEN

Prayer Network

From January 2026, a prayer network is kept every day in the whole congregation whereby for a week, each Province, Vicariate and House has another it's praying for and the rotation goes on non-stop.

Prayer through the intercession of Bl. Maria Theresia Scherer

Heavenly Father, you led your people Israel through the wilderness and gave them signs of your presence and your faithful love along their way of salvation. Again and again, I will be with you, I will be your God and you will be my people. In Jesus Christ you promised to be with us till the end of time. From this promise we draw the strength to cooperate in the building up your kingdom in our world today. In Bl. Maria Theresa we encounter a person whom you gifted with a great capacity to be good and to do good. She was keenly aware of your presence in her life. With God and for God, we can do many things. These words of hers point out the foundation on which she built her work. We thank you for her and call on her as our intercessor, while we pray for a strong faith in your presence in our world today and for an unchanging fidelity in responding to your love. Amen.

Prayer for asking a favour through Bl. Zdenka’s intercession

Our Father, you presented Bl. Zdenka with light and power of the Holy Spirit, and gave her grace to live a true Christian and religious life up to martyrdom following the example of Jesus Christ. Please give us the grace… which we ask from you through her intercession, in hope that the Church will soon add her to your saints. Give as well that she would become an ideal of a convincing Christian life and a great esteem towards the Sacrament of Ordination for people of our times. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

We need companions on the way

Congregation Hourly Prayer

We commend ourselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to the Sacred wounds of Jesus, now and each hour. Amen

Prayer of St. Francis before the Crucifix in San Damiano Chapel

Glorious God, from heaven's height,

See my heart, how drab and dark.

Show your lantern, shed your light,

Touch my darkness with your spark.

Give your faith to lead me right,

Hope to firm my tired knee,

Perfect love to aid my sight,

And profound humility.

Give me wisdom for the way,

And perception guiding still;

All I want is night and day

Walk your pathways, do your will.

Another Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

We adore you

Lord Jesus Christ

Here and in all the churches in the whole world

And we bless you

Because by your holy cross,

You have redeemed the world.

Look up to Him from whom all strength proceeds

Bl. Maria Theresa Scherer