Prayer Resources

Adsumus Sancte Spiritus: Prayer of invocation to the Holy Spirit for an ecclesial assembly of governance or discernment (thus synodal)

The Church on the Way: A Vatican website for prayer on the journey. Available in different languages that includes English and Spanish.

Praying a Synodal Rosary (Mysteries of the Light): Created by the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa

Click to Pray App

Las Posadas (A synodal experience): Created by the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio

Synod Prayer Bookmarkers

Sample Prayer Intentions for the Synod

  • For Francis, our Pope, as we journey together in synod. Let us pray to the Lord.
  • For Francis, our Pope, Salvatore, our Bishop, and all Bishops; that they might have the grace to listen humbly and speak boldly as the Church gathers in synod. Let us pray to the Lord.
  • That the Church, convoked in Synod, would be open and responsive to the movement of the Spirit. Let us pray to the Lord.
  • For an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Church as we undertake this synodal journey. Let us pray to the Lord.
  • That the Holy Spirit may fill the hearts and minds of all the faithful and accompany us on this synodal journey. Let us pray to the Lord
  • For the Church, gathered in Synod; that by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit this journey will be marked by humble listening, courageous speech, and lively hope. Let us pray to the Lord.

Taken from the USCCB Synod resources