Our Father
Acts of Faith Hope Love and Contrition
Our Father

Foundational

A$20.00

Are you or someone who is beginning their faith journey, converting to Catholicism, or wanting to reinforce spiritual practice through essential, grounding prayers?

These prayers are core Catholic Christian prayers and practices for daily spiritual life, nurturing the faith and helping to foster a deep, personal relationship with God. Make space, be still and ponder with these “Foundational” prayers:

What’s included in the pack?

  • 1 “Ponder Pocket”, to store your prayer cards

  • 1 instructional “How-to-Pray” card

  • 5 beautiful, velvet-touch prayer cards:

  • The Our Father

  • Hail Mary

  • The Creed

  • Daily Classics (Morning/Evening prayers and prayer before meals); and

  • Acts of faith, hope, love and contrition.

Are you or someone who is beginning their faith journey, converting to Catholicism, or wanting to reinforce spiritual practice through essential, grounding prayers?

These prayers are core Catholic Christian prayers and practices for daily spiritual life, nurturing the faith and helping to foster a deep, personal relationship with God. Make space, be still and ponder with these “Foundational” prayers:

What’s included in the pack?

  • 1 “Ponder Pocket”, to store your prayer cards

  • 1 instructional “How-to-Pray” card

  • 5 beautiful, velvet-touch prayer cards:

  • The Our Father

  • Hail Mary

  • The Creed

  • Daily Classics (Morning/Evening prayers and prayer before meals); and

  • Acts of faith, hope, love and contrition.

More about the prayers and artwork

  • Our Father

The Our Father is taught by Jesus in the Gospels, is for worship, petition, and forgiveness, encapsulating core Christian beliefs. It originates from Christ’s instruction to His disciples, serving as a model for prayer and aligning our hearts with God’s will.

Artwork: The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo, 1512, Sistine Chapel - Public Domain. This classic depiction shows how God reaches our to the very extremes to reach us, if only we just lift a finger to connect with His love.

  • The Hail Mary

The Hail Mary honors Mary and seeks her intercession, rooted in the annunciation and visitation events from Luke’s Gospel. Developed over centuries, it blends scriptural greetings with a request for Mary’s prayerful support now and at life’s end.

Artwork: The Black Madonna, Unknown Artist, 6-9th Century, Czestochowa - Public Domain). A mysterious depiction of our Mother Mary, with a sorrowful but loving gaze.

  • The Creed

    The Nicene and Apostles Creed encapsulate essential Christian doctrine, fostering unity and safeguarding orthodoxy. The Nicene Creed emerged from the 325 Council of Nicaea to combat heresy (including Arianism which questioned Jesus’ Divine nature), while the Apostles Creed was rooted in early Church tradition, succinctly summarizing apostolic teaching. Both affirm foundational beliefs and Catholic identity and are recited in the mass.

    Artwork: The Apostles Creed, circa 1550–1600, wool tapestry - Public Domain. This classical tapestry depicting all elements of the creed was designed in the 16th Century to help teach those who cannot read or write to learn the essentials of our faith and Salvation story.

  • Daily Classics

Prayer before meals offer gratitude for God’s provision, inspired by Jewish traditions. Morning and evening prayers stem from the monastic traditions, starting and ending the day with God’s presence. The guardian angel prayer, a medieval development, seeks angelic guidance and protection, divine connection, and spiritual guardianship daily.

Artwork: Saying Grace, Gebhardt, Karl , 1916, oil on canvas, private collection - Public domain. This painting was selected as a sign of beauty of a mothers role in educating their children in the foundations of the faith.

  • Acts of faith, hope, love and contrition

These prayers express key theological virtues: Faith affirms belief in God, hope trusts in His promises, love reflections selfless devotion, and contrition seeks forgiveness. Rooted in Scripture and Church tradition, they guide spiritual growth, fostering a deep relationship with God and aligning hearts to His will.

Artwork: Faith, hope and love, 1894, Mary Lizzie Macomber, oil on canvas - Public Domain. This painting depicts three angels, faith, hope and love - each holding a symbol of their supernatural theological virtue.