Glorious Saint Benedict, sublime model of virtue, pure vessel of God's grace! Behold me humbly kneeling at thy feet.
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I implore thee in thy loving kindness to pray for me before the throne of God.
To thee I have recourse in the dangers that daily surro
O glorious descendant of the kings of Juda!, inheritor of the virtues of all the Patriarchs!
just and happy St. Joseph! listen to my prayer. Thou art my glorious protector, and shalt ever be, after Jesus and Mary, the object of my most profound vene
O Glorious Apostle of Ireland, St Patrick, listen to my prayer.
Accept the sentiments of gratitude and veneration with which my heart is now filled. I make thee the representative of my thanks and the mediator of my homage to Almighty God.
St Patric
Dear Saint Dominic Savio thou grewest under the supervision and care of St. John Bosco. Witnessing the zeal of thy mentor thou didst share his desire to bring the Lord a great many souls. Despite thy frail and weak constitution thou didst devoutly wa
V. In the Name (✠) of the Father...
R. Amen.
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V. O almighty and eternal God,
R. In Saint Frances of Rome Thou hath given us a model of holiness * in married life and of monastic conversion. * By Thine hand-maid’s aid * may we know, love and serve Thee w
Most Holy Trinity,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
I adore Thee profoundly
with all the powers of my soul,
and I thank Thee for the apparitions
of the most Holy Virgin in Fatima
which have made manifest to the world
the treasures of her Immaculate Heart.
By the
Novena in Honor of the Most Holy Face of Jesus
Said on the nine days preceding Shrove Tuesday (start on Sexagesima Sunday)
“I firmly wish that my face reflecting the intimate pains of my soul, the suffering and love of my heart, be more honored! Whoe
O glorious advocate and protector, Saint Valentine, look with pity upon our wants, hear our requests, attend to our prayers, relieve by thine intercession the miseries under which we labor, and obtain for us the divine blessing, that we may be found
O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comfort of the afflicted, thou knowest my needs, troubles and sufferings. Deign to cast upon me a look of mercy. By appearing in the grotto of Lourdes thou wast pleased
O Most Loving Jesus, Who, by Thy surpassing virtues and example of Thy home life, didst hallow the household in which Thou chose to live while on earth, mercifully look down upon our families, whose members humbly prostrate before Thee and implore Th
Almighty and eternal God! With lively faith and reverently worshiping Thy divine Majesty, I prostrate myself before Thee and invoke with filial trust Thy supreme bounty and mercy. Illumine the darkness of my intellect with a ray of Thy heavenly light
O Blessed Mother of God, who went up to the Temple according to the law with thine
offering of little white doves, pray for me that I too may keep the law and be pure in heart
like thee.
Sweet heart of Mary, be my salvation.
Five Our Father's, Five Hai
NOVENA: In preparation for the Feast of the Purification
I. Bright mirror of all virtues, holiest Mary, forty days had scarcely elapsed from thy delivery when thou, though the purest of all virgins, didst will, according to the law, to be presented
Here are two choices for this novena. A short one, and a longer one for anyone who might be so inclined.
Hail Mary Most Holy, Beloved Daughter of God the Father
Through the intercession of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres,
grant thy good success to th
Saint John Bosco, father and teacher of the young,
in need of special help, I appeal with confidence to thee, Saint John Bosco,
for I require not only spiritual graces, but also temporal ones, and particularly…
(add your personal intentions here)
May
Father, the Strength of all who trust in Thee, Thou madest John Chrysostom renowned for his eloquence and heroic in his sufferings. May we learn from his teaching and gain courage from his patient endurance. Amen.
O glorious Saint Paul, who, from being a persecutor of the Christian name, didst become its most zealous Apostle, and who, to carry the knowledge of Jesus, our divine Savior, to the uttermost parts of the earth, didst joyfully suffer prison, scourgin
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
God the Father of heaven,
have mercy on us. *
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,*
God the Holy Ghost,*
Holy Trinity, one God,*
God, of Whom, by Whom
O singular example of virtue, glorious Saint Agnes, by the living faith which animated thee from thy tenderest years, and rendered thee so pleasing to God that thou didst merit the martyr’s crown: obtain for us the grace to keep our holy faith invio
(state your intentions)
O glorious Saint Antony, who, upon hearing only one word of the holy Gospel whilst assisting at the divine Liturgy, didst forsake the riches and ease of thy father's house, thy native land and the world, in order to retire into
