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Prayer to Divine Providence
Divine Providence
When is the prayer to Divine Providence recited?
Catholic tradition recommends reciting the Prayer to Divine Providence on the first day of each month. The purpose of this prayer is to give thanks for favors received and to ask that the household not lack the essentials during the coming thirty days.
Information on Divine Providence
How to light the Divine Providence candles on the first of the month
To offer the prayer to Divine Providence, we light a candle in our home on the first day of every month and let it burn down completely in honor of Divine Providence. We know this is a religious practice that resonates with many people; therefore, in this article, we share its significance and a prayer you can recite while lighting the candle to Divine Providence on the first of the month. This is a moment you can dedicate to asking that your needs—and those of your loved ones—be met, and that you lack nothing.
What do the Divine Providence candles signify?
When lighting the candle to Divine Providence, we offer a prayer to the Most Holy Trinity to thank God for all He gives us as our good Father. In this prayer, we also humbly ask that we not lack the necessities of life during the coming month. According to tradition, on this day we also go to church, attend the Mass of Divine Providence, pray before the image of the Most Holy Trinity, and place three coins in the special offering box, which typically has three slots.
What does “providence” mean?
The word “providence” comes from Latin and means “to look out for.” That is why we say parents exercise providence over their children, as they always ensure their children do not lack health, education, or food—often without even waiting for the children to ask. In the same way, God, who is Love, is attentive to our needs, and when we ask Him with humility, He meets them with generosity.
Why do we say the prayer on the 1st of the month?
Catholic tradition recommends reciting the Prayer to Divine Providence on the first day of each month. The purpose of this prayer is to give thanks for favors received and to ask that the household not lack the essentials during the coming thirty days.
Prayer to Divine Providence
O Sweet and Tender Providence of God,
into Thy hands I commend my spirit,
to Thee I abandon myself,
my hopes, my fears, my desires, my repugnances,
my temporal and eternal prospects.
To Thee I commit the wants of my perishable body,
to Thee I commit the far more precious interests of my immortal soul,
for whose interests I have nothing to fear
while I withdraw it not from Thy bosom.
Though my faults are many, my misery great,
my spiritual poverty extreme,
my hope in Thee surpasses all.
It is greater than my difficulties, stronger than death.
Though temptations should assail me, I will hope in Thee,
though I should sink beneath my weakness, I will hope in Thee still,
though I should break my resolutions a thousand times,
I will look to Thee confidently for grace to keep them at last;
though Thou shouldst slay me, even then will I trust Thee,
for Thou art my God, my Father and my Friend.
Thou art my kind, my tender, my indulgent Parent,
and I am Thy loving Child,
who cast myself into Thy Arms and beg Thy blessing,
who put my trust in Thee, and so trusting,
shall never be confounded.
Providence did provide.
Providence can provide.
Providence will provide.
O loving Providence of God we commit this cause to Thee.
