Divine Praises: Full Catholic Text, Meaning & When to Pray Them
The Divine Praises are short acclamations of blessing — a burst of Eucharistic praise often sung after Benediction.
The Divine Praises are a Catholic litany of adoration — Blessed be God, Blessed be His Holy Name, etc. — prayed after Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and at Eucharistic adoration. Written in 1797, they respond to each praise with "Blessed be God."
Divine Praises (Full Text)
Blessed be God.
Blessed be his Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be his most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be his most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste Spouse.
Blessed be God in his Angels and in his Saints.
Each line blesses God for who he is and what he has done — especially in the Eucharist — and honors Mary and Joseph as part of God's saving plan. The prayer repairs sins of blasphemy and trains the heart to speak well of holy things.
When Catholics Pray the Divine Praises
- After Benediction when the Blessed Sacrament is reposed.
- During Holy Hours or parish adoration.
- Privately after receiving Communion or visiting a tabernacle.