It is genetically inherent that each person seeks to leave behind an heir so that the family line continues. However, many couples cannot have children for various reasons.
It also happens that there are no contraindications to pregnancy, only a woman cannot get pregnant and carry a baby, and doctors shrug their shoulders, unable to help the couple. In such cases, many parents rely on God’s help and turn to him in prayer with a request to grant the long-awaited baby.
Many people believe that it is the prayer asking for conception that helps parents to recognize the true intentions of their soul, only you need to ask God with an open heart and pure thoughts, because only such prayers he hears. And most importantly, future parents should remember that God loves patient people, and answers those who really need him, which means that such prayers should be repeated daily.
Prayer to the Lord for conception
“I pay attention to you, our Almighty. We appeal to all the saints. Hear the prayers of my and my husband, Thy servants (your name and the name of your spouse), Lord, Merciful and Almighty. Yes, answer our prayers, send Your help. We beg you, come down to us, the Almighty, do not disregard our prayer speeches, remember Your laws on the prolongation of the family and the increase of the human people and become our patron, help with Your help to preserve what You predicted. God, You created everything out of nothing with Your mighty power and laid the foundation for everything in this world without edges: You created the human body in Your likeness and rewarded the marital union with the church with the highest mystery.Have mercy on our Lord, over us, united by marriage and trusting in Your help, may Your mercy, the Most High, come to us, may we also be ready for reproduction and we can become pregnant with a girl or a boy and behold our children, up to the third and up to the fourth generation, and we will live to the deepest old age and come to Your Kingdom. I beg you, hear me, O our Almighty Ruler, come to me and bestow a child on my womb. We will not forget Your grace and will serve You humbly together with our children. Amen”.
Prayer to the Matrona of Moscow for pregnancy
Saint Matrona of Moscow from childhood had a gift – to see the sins of people and a strong faith that helped her heal their ailments. That is why, women suffering from infertility turn to her in prayers for the onset of pregnancy.
“Blessed is Mother Matrona! We resort to Your intercession and tearfully pray to Thee. Pray sincerely the prayer of the servants of the sinners of the Lord before the Throne of the Creator of our Most High. For the Word of God is true: ask, that it may be given to you. Hear our sighs and bring them to the throne of Heaven, for the prayer of His righteous man can do much before God. May the Lord hear our requests, may he have mercy, may he send us a long-awaited child, may he settle the fetus in the mother’s womb. Truly, as the Lord sent offspring to Abraham and Sarah, Elizabeth and Zechariah, Anna and Joachim, so did they send us. May the Lord do this according to His mercy and infinite love for mankind.May it be so forever and ever. Amen”.
Prayer to the Mother of God for conception
The Mother of God was chosen by God to endure and give birth to Jesus Christ. That is why, she understands the sadness of a woman who cannot give birth to a child, and thanks to her intercession, a long-awaited pregnancy occurs.
“O most holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, intercessor of all sinful faithful who ask! Take a look from the height of your heavenly throne, turn your gaze to the indecent me that stands before your icon. Hear my humble prayer, and lift it up to the Lord Most High. Run Your only Son to lower his eyes on me, a sinner! May He illuminate the sinful soul with the light of heavenly grace, may He cleanse my mind from the burdens of the world and obscene worries. May he forgive all the evil deeds done, may he save me from eternal torment and not deprive me of His Kingdom of Heaven!
Blessed Mother of God! You deigned to be named in Your image, but commanded to resort to You with every prayer and request. In Thee, O Lord, all my hope, yes, all my hope. Under your Cover I run away, but I present myself under Your intercession forever. I praise and thank our Lord, but he gave me the happiness of marriage. I beg you, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, may the Almighty send me and my husband a child. May He give me the fruit of my womb. Change the sorrow in my soul, and send me the joy of motherhood. I praise Thee all the days of my life! Amen”.
Prayer of Xenia of Petersburg for pregnancy
Blessed Xenia of Petersburg during her lifetime asked God for intercession and spoke with him about the needs of people, including barren ones. After her death, many of the couples she prayed for were blessed with children.
“Oh, holy all-blessed mother Xenia! Under the shelter of the Almighty, who lived, guided and strengthened by the Mother of God, hunger and thirst, cold and heat, reproach and persecution, she received the gift of clairvoyance and miracles from God and the saints and rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Now the holy Church, like a fragrant flower, glorifies you. Coming at the place of your burial, before the image of your saints, as if you live with us, we pray to you: accept our petition and bring it as if to the Throne of the Merciful Heavenly Father, as if having boldness to Him , ask those who flow to you eternal salvation, for good deeds and undertakings are a generous blessing, deliverance from all troubles and sorrows.Appear with your holy prayers before our All-Merciful Savior for us, unworthy and sinners. Help, holy blessed mother Xenia, Illuminate the babies with the light of Holy Baptism and seal the gift of the Holy Spirit, bring up the youths and maidens in faith, honesty, God-fearing and grant them success in teaching; Heal those who are ill and ill, grant family love and consent, deserving monastics with a good feat and protect them from reproach, affirm the pastors in the fortress of the Holy Spirit, preserve our people and country in peace and serenity, begged for those deprived of communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ in the dying hour.You are our hope and hope, speedy hearing and deliverance, we send thanks to you and with you we glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.” honor those who are monastics with a good feat and protect them from reproaches, affirm the pastors in the fortress of the Holy Spirit, preserve our people and country in peace and serenity, beg for those deprived of communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ at the dying hour. You are our hope and hope, speedy hearing and deliverance, we send thanks to you and with you we glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.”honor those who are monastics with a good feat and protect them from reproaches, affirm the pastors in the fortress of the Holy Spirit, preserve our people and country in peace and serenity, beg for those deprived of communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ at the dying hour. You are our hope and hope, speedy hearing and deliverance, we send thanks to you and with you we glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.”
Prayer for the conception of a child to Nicholas the Wonderworker
Saint Nicholas the Pleasant is considered the intercessor of families, young children and mothers, it is to him that they turn in prayers with a request for conception.
“Oh, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker! Beloved saint of the Lord! Our intercessor before the Heavenly Father, yes, in the sorrows of our earthly helpers! Hear my weak prayer, but exalt it to the Almighty! Begged the Lord our God to turn your Royal gaze to your sinful servant, to grant forgiveness of all my sins, and evil deeds. I have sinned greatly from my youth, in my life in words, deeds, and thoughts and feelings. Help me, accursed, implore our Heavenly Creator, the Creator of all earthly creatures, may he hear my prayer. All the days of my life I glorify our Lord Most High: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, may your merciful representation now and forever forever. Amen”.