Biblical Catholic Prayer
Daniel's Prayer
Daniel's Prayer is a biblical prayer of confession, repentance, intercession, and appeal for God's mercy from Daniel 9.
Biblical setting
Daniel's Prayer appears in Daniel 9 as Daniel seeks the LORD with prayer, supplications, fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
The prayer confesses the sins of the people, acknowledges God's righteousness, remembers God's covenant mercy, and asks Him to hear, forgive, and restore.
Why it matters in Catholic prayer
In Catholic prayer life, Daniel's Prayer may be received as a biblical model of humble confession, intercession, repentance, and appeal to God's mercy.
It gives language for praying not only as an individual, but on behalf of a people, a church, a community, or a nation in need of God's forgiveness and restoration.
How it may be prayed
Daniel's Prayer may be prayed word for word, read slowly as a confession, or used as a guide for interceding with humility, honesty, and trust in God's covenant mercy.
Source note
PWG currently provides the King James Version wording of Daniel 9:4-19 for this Catholic prayer path. Other modern Bible translations and official Catholic biblical or liturgical texts may have separate copyright or permission considerations.