Prayer for the Return of Non-practicing Catholics
Choose a Prayer:
- Act of Consecration to the Holy Spirit
- Blessing and Investiture in the Miraculous Medal
- Blessing for the Thanksgiving Day Meal
- Christmas Prayers for You
- Corpus Christi Prayer
- Divine Mercy Prayer by Saint Faustina
- House Blessing Prayer
- I Know that My Redeemer Lives
- In Loving Memory Prayer
- Independence Day Prayer
- Labor Day Prayer
- Memorial Day Prayer
- Memorial Day Remembrance
- Mother’s Day Prayer
- Prayer by Saint Augustine
- Prayer for a New School Year
- A Prayer for Peace
- Prayer for a Safe Journey
- Prayer for All Saints’ Day
- Prayer for an Election
- Prayer for Ash Wednesday
- Prayer for Easter
- Prayer for Fathers
- Prayer for Lent
- Prayer for Married Couples
- Prayer for Mothers
- Prayer for Pope Leo XIV
- Prayer for Protection
- Prayer for Relatives of Service Men and Women
- Prayer for Religious Vocations
- Prayer for the Armed Forces
- Prayer for the Church
- Prayer for the Family
- Prayer for the Return of Non-practicing Catholics
- Prayer for Those Suffering from Breast Cancer
- Prayer for Travelers
- Prayer in Time of a Tragedy
- Prayer of the Vincentian Family
- Prayers to Our Lady of Medjugorje and Our Lady of Lourdes
- Prayer to Saint Catherine Labouré
- Prayer to Saint Joseph for Assistance
- Prayer to Saint Joseph for Employment
- Prayer to Saint Joseph, for Protection
- Prayer to Saint Joseph, Patron of Workers
- Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel
- Prayer to Saint Patrick
- Prayer to Saint Patrick (Patron of Ireland)
- Prayers to Saint Peregrine – Patron of Cancer Patients
- Prayer to Saint Raphael (for Protection During Travel)
- Prayer to Saint Vincent de Paul
- Prayer to the Holy Angels
- Prayer to the Holy Spirit
- Prayer to the Holy Trinity
- Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Prayer When Lighting a Votive Light
- Saint Valentine Day Prayer for You
- Special Prayers
- Veterans Day Prayer
- Vincentian Missioner Prayer
Prayer for the Return of Non-practicing Catholics
O Good Shepherd, you never cease to
seek out the lost, to call home the stray,
to comfort the frightened, and to bind up
the wounded. I ask you to bring (names)
back to the practice of the Catholic faith,
and to remove all obstacles that prevent
them from receiving your abundant mercy,
which flows sacramentally through
the heart of your holy Church.
Through the intercession of Mary,
the Mother of God, their guardian angels,
their patron saints and the ever-prayerful
Saint Monica, may you pardon their sins
and unshackle them from whatever
hinders their freedom to come home.
For you, O Good Shepherd, have loved us
to the end and offered yourself to the
Father for the salvation of all.
Amen.
Prayers for the return of a non-practicing Catholic
also should be accompanied by sacrificial and
private acts of fasting, and almsgiving in their name.
— Used with permission from the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan
