# Saints Have Cross

> A Catholic website of hope for people who suffer. It offers prayers for suffering, the stories of 100 saints who suffered, the Holy Rosary with guided meditation, the Divine Mercy, St Michael and St Rita prayers, anonymous prayer requests, and the Church's teaching on the meaning of suffering (Spe Salvi, Salvifici Doloris, the Letter to the Hebrews).

Saints Have Cross is non-profit and free. It is written from a faithful Catholic perspective for anyone carrying a cross: illness, grief, depression, family trouble or loss of faith. It is not a crisis service: anyone in danger should call their local emergency number or visit https://findahelpline.com.

General enquiries: info@saintshavecross.org
Prayer requests: fearnot@saintshavecross.org

## Pages

- [Catholic Prayer & Hope in Suffering](https://www.saintshavecross.org/): Catholic hope for anyone carrying a cross: prayers for suffering, saints who suffered, the Rosary, the Divine Mercy, St Michael and St Rita prayers.
- [Why Does God Allow Suffering? A Catholic Answer](https://www.saintshavecross.org/why-does-god-allow-suffering): What Jesus said about suffering and what the Church teaches: redemptive suffering, Spe Salvi and Salvifici Doloris, and hope in Christ who suffers with us.
- [Pray the Holy Rosary: Mysteries, Meditation & Memorare](https://www.saintshavecross.org/pray-the-rosary): Pray the Holy Rosary with Mary: all four Mysteries with Scripture, a guided Catholic meditation, the Guardian Angel prayer and the Memorare.
- [Prayer Requests, Divine Mercy, St Michael & St Rita](https://www.saintshavecross.org/prayer-requests): Leave an anonymous prayer request, pray the St Michael prayer and St Rita novena, and say Jesus, I trust in You with the world in your own language.
- [The New Covenant in Christ's Blood: Hebrews Explained](https://www.saintshavecross.org/new-covenant): From the Old Covenant at Sinai to the New Covenant in the Blood of Jesus: what the Letter to the Hebrews teaches about Christ our High Priest and suffering.
- [100 Saints Who Suffered: Stories of Faith and the Cross](https://www.saintshavecross.org/saints-who-suffered): One hundred Catholic saints who suffered illness, grief and persecution and found Christ in it, with feast days and prayers for anyone suffering today.
- [St Carlo Acutis: Life, Illness and Canonisation](https://www.saintshavecross.org/carlo-acutis): The story of St Carlo Acutis (1991-2006), the first millennial saint: his love of the Eucharist, his leukaemia at fifteen and his canonisation in 2025.
- [Catholic Testimonies: How Christ Met Me in Suffering](https://www.saintshavecross.org/testimonies): Read and share testimonies of healing, peace in grief and faith restored: how Jesus was present in illness, loss and darkness.
- [Catholic Prayer Groups, Healing Masses & Events Near You](https://www.saintshavecross.org/catholic-prayer-groups): Find Catholic prayer groups, healing Masses, adoration nights, rosary circles and retreats near you, or announce your own gathering for free.
- [Catholic Blog: Reflections on Suffering, Saints & Prayer](https://www.saintshavecross.org/blog): Short Catholic reflections on suffering, the saints, Scripture and prayer, for anyone carrying a cross today.
- [Donate to Saints Have Cross](https://www.saintshavecross.org/donate): Saints Have Cross is non-profit and free for everyone. Your gift carries the message of hope further or reaches a suffering person directly.

## Key sections

- [St Michael the Archangel prayer and novena](https://www.saintshavecross.org/prayer-requests#michael): the prayer of Pope Leo XIII, three documented stories and a nine-day novena.
- [St Rita of Cascia novena](https://www.saintshavecross.org/prayer-requests#rita): patron of impossible causes, her life, a prayer and a nine-day novena.
- [Divine Mercy: Jesus, I trust in You](https://www.saintshavecross.org/prayer-requests#mercy): a meditation on trusting Jesus with your cross, and the prayer "Jesus, I trust in You" in 60 languages, which visitors from every nation add to a shared sentence of light.
- [Guided Catholic meditation](https://www.saintshavecross.org/pray-the-rosary#meditation): a short audio meditation in the spirit of St Teresa of Avila.
- [Guardian Angel prayer](https://www.saintshavecross.org/pray-the-rosary#guardian): what the Church teaches about guardian angels, with the Angele Dei.
- [Mysteries of the Rosary](https://www.saintshavecross.org/pray-the-rosary#rosary): Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries with Scripture.
- [Lay a rose at Mary's feet](https://www.saintshavecross.org/pray-the-rosary#mary): offer a rose to Our Lady and pray the Memorare.
- [Spe Salvi and suffering](https://www.saintshavecross.org/why-does-god-allow-suffering): Pope Benedict XVI on Christian hope and suffering.

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