A PRAYER BOOK

A CATHOLIC PRAYER BOOK

A prayer book for Church Builders

“And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives:

And the one who seeks, finds; PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL And to the one who knocks, St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in the day of battle. The door will be opened.” Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, Luke 11:9-10 0 Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the other evil spirits who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

SIGN OF THE CROSS MY DAILY OFFERING In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 0 Jesus, through the , I offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of Your APOSTLES' CREED : the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, and the reunion of I believe in God, the Father Almighty. Creator of heaven and earth; and in all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our bishops and of all Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Apostles of Prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, Father this month. died and was buried. He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right PRAYERS FOR THE hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the Let us pray for N. our pope. living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy , May the Lord protect him and grant him length of days. Amen. the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the May the Lord be his shield and deliver him from all harm. Amen. body, and life everlasting. Amen May the Lord give him happiness and peace all the days of his life. Amen or THE LORD’S PRAYER May the Lord preserve our Holy Father N, give him life, and make him Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; blessed upon earth and deliver him not to the will of his enemies. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us Let us pray: 0 God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, in Thy mercy this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those look down upon Thy servant N, who Thou has appointed to preside over who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us Thy church, and grant we beseech Thee, that both by word and example from evil. Amen he may edify those who are under his charge; so that, with the flock entrusted to him, he may attain life everlasting. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH CUPERTINO FOR A GOOD LIFE women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of O glorious St. Joseph Cupertino, who in this life spoke constantly to the hearts of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. the faithful through heroic virtues and marvelous wonders worked by the hand of God, turn to us who implore your blessing. Arouse in our hearts some spark of that divine love which so inflamed your soul, so that we may desire nothing more GLORY BE than to please God all the days of our lives. And just as you were lifted up from Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the earth in ecstacy on hearing the sweet names of Jesus and Mary, pray that we, the beginning, is now and every shall be, world without end. Amen too, may detach ourselves from the things of earth, realize the vanity of the world, detest our sins and obtain pardon for them. AN ACT OF CONTRITION Strengthen our faith, O good St. Joseph, revive our hope and inflame our love, so 0 my God, I am heartily sorry for all my sins. Because of them I deserve that we may have Jesus always in our minds and hearts, and after a good Christian the eternal pains of hell, but most of all because I have offended Thee my death may merit to enjoy His glory with you in Paradise. Amen. God who art all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace to confess my sins, to do penance, to avoid the PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY TO RECOVER LOST ITEMS proximate occasion of sin and never to sin anymore. Amen. St. Anthony, perfect imitator of Jesus, who received from God the special power of restoring lost things, grant that we may find (here mention your need) which PRAYER TO GUARDIAN ANGEL has been lost. Angel of God, my guardian dear, And please restore to everyone affected by this loss peace and tranquility of mind, To whom His love commits me here: the loss of which can afflict us even more than the material loss. Ever this day be at my side, To this favor we ask another of you: that we may always remain in possession of To light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen. the true good that is God. Let us rather lose all things than lose God, our supreme good. Let us never suffer the loss of our greatest treasure – eternal life with God. Amen

GLORY BE TO JESUS AND MARY (A letter said to be written by the Blessed Virgin Mary to the City of Prayer for the Gifts Messina where St. Paul, the Apostle, preached the gospel, which has been of the Holy Spirit preserved in the Reliquary of the great altar.)

All powerful God, Father of our "I Mary, Virgin, servant of God, very humble Mother of Jesus Christ, Son of Lord Jesus Christ, by water and God, the Almighty and Eternal, to all who are in Messina, health and the Holy Spirit benediction in Our Lord! You have learned by the ambassadors who have You freed us, your sons and been sent to you. You received the gospel and you acknowledged that the daughters, from sin and gave us Son of God has become man, and has suffered the passion and death for new life, Send your Spirit upon the salvation of the world, and that He is Christ and also the true Messiah. I us to be our helper and guide, beseech you to persevere, promising to you and all your posterity, to assist Give us the spirit of wisdom you in the presence of my Son."

and understanding, the spirit of

right judgement and courage, Mary, Virgin, very humble servant of God

the spirit of knowledge and

reverence. Fill us with the

spirit of wonder and awe in PRAYER TO SAINT

your presence, We ask this Beloved Padre Pio, today I add my prayer to the thousands of prayers offered to

through Christ our Lord. you every day by those who love and venerate you. They ask for cures and

Amen healings, earthly and spiritual

blessings, and peace for body and

mind. And because of your The Gifts of the Spirit friendship with the Lord, He heals The effect of Confirmation is the fulfillment of the gifts of the Holy Spirit from those you ask to be healed and He Baptism. These Gifts are: forgives those you ask to be Fear of the Lord- (also called wonder and awe) allows a person to be detached forgiven. Through your visible from sin and material goods out of love and reverence of God wounds of the Cross, which you Counsel-helps a person discern what acts are good and should be done and what bore for 50 years, you were chosen acts are evil and should be avoided. in our time to glorify the crucified Understanding-gives deeper insight to truth Jesus. As we lovingly recall the Wisdom-sees all things as having connected to God and faith—good, joyful, wounds that pierced your hands, sorrowful and even painful things. feet and side, we not only Knowledge-allows our intellect to make the right judgement on how earthly remember the blood you shed in things are related to eternal life and Christian perfection pain, but your smile, and the Piety-allows a person to worship to God as Father invisible halo of sweet-smelling Courage-(or fortitude) allows a person to overcome difficulties and endure pain flowers that surrounded your and suffering with the strength infused by God presence, the perfume of sanctity.

COME HOLY SPIRIT Saint Pio, may the healings of the Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of sick, the serenity of the troubled, Thy love. and the loving comfort received by V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created; those in pain and despair be a sure sign that you continue to intercede for us and R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. our loved ones before the Lord.

LET US PRAY. In your kindness, please help me with my own special request. (Here your 0 God, who didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful people by sending them the light petition.) Each and every day, bless me and my loved ones. Amen. of Thy Holy Spirit, grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in His holy comfort. Through Christ our Lord. NOVENA TO ST. JUDE PRAYER BEFORE A CRUCIFIX (Must be said six times each day, for nine consecutive days) Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before your face I humbly kneel, and with PRAYER TO ST. JUDE burning soul pray and beseech you to fix deep O glorious Apostle, St. Jude Thaddeus, true relative of Jesus and Mary, I salute in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope and you through the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Through this Heart I praise and thank God for all the graces He has bestowed on you. Humbly prostrate before you, I charity, true contrition for my sins, and a firm implore you through the Heart to look down upon me with compassion. Oh, purpose of amendment while I contemplate with despise not any poor prayer, let not my trust be confounded. To you God has deep love and tender pity your five wounds, granted the privilege of aiding mankind in the most desperate cases. Oh, come to pondering over them within me, calling to mind the my aid that I may praise the mercies of God. All my life I will be grateful to you and words of David, your prophet, said of you, will be your faithful client until I can thank you in Heaven. Amen my good Jesus: “They have pierced my hands and my feet; they have numbered all my bones. May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ” Be adored and loved in all tabernacles Ps. 22:17-18 Until the end of time Amen Plenary indulgence after Communion before an image of Christ

Crucified on each Friday of Lent and Passover. May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus be Praised and glorified now and forever. Amen O Sacrament, most holy, O Sacrament divine. All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment St. Jude pray for us and hear our prayers. Thine. Amen ACT OF CONTRITION Blessed be the Sacred Heart of Jesus, O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all of Blessed be the Sacred Heart of Mary, my sins, because of thy just punishment, but most of all because they have Blessed be St. Jude Thaddeus, In all the world for all eternity. offend Thee, my God, I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; ACT OF HOPE Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us O my God, relying on your infinite goodness and promises, I hope to obtain this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those pardon of my sins, the help of your grace and life everlasting through the who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer. Amen. from evil. Amen

AN ELECTION PRAYER TO MARY Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among O Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy, at this most critical time, women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of we entrust the United States of America to your loving care. God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Most Holy Mother, we beg you to reclaim this land for the glory of your Son. Overwhelmed with the burden of sins of our nation, we cry to you PRAYER TO SAINT CECILIA from the depths of our hearts and seek refuge in your motherly protection. O GLORIOUS SAINT CECILIA, you served God in humility and confidence Look down with mercy upon us and touch the hearts of our people. Open on earth and are now in the enjoyment of His beatific Vision in heaven our minds to the great worth of human life and to the responsibilities that because you persevered till death and gained the crown of eternal life. accompany human freedom. Remember now the dangers that surround me in the vale of tears, and Free us from the falsehoods that lead to the evil of abortion and threaten intercede for me in my needs and troubles, especially...Amen. the sanctity of family life. Grant our country the wisdom to proclaim that Let us pray: O Eternal God, Who didst give us, in the person of Saint God’s law is the foundation on which this nation was founded, and that He Cecilia, a powerful protectress, grant that after having faithfully passed our alone is the True Source of our cherished rights to life, liberty and the days, like herself, in innocence and holiness, we may one day attain the pursuit of happiness. land of beatitude, where in concert with her, we may praise Thee and bless O Merciful Mother, give us the courage to reject the culture of death and Thee forevermore in eternity. Amen. the strength to build a new Culture of Life. Amen. THE LITANY OF HUMILITY (Recited after morning prayers, after Mass and before the mid-day meal) (for private devotion only) V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary, 0 Jesus! Meek and humble of heart, hear me. From the desire of being R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary... esteemed, V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. From the desire of being loved, R. Be it done unto me according to Thy word. Hail Mary... From the desire of being extolled, V. And the Word was made flesh, From the desire of being honored, R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary… From the desire of being praised, V. Pray for us, 0 holy Mother of God, From the desire of being preferred, R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. From the desire of being consulted, From the desire of being approved, Let us pray Pour forth, we beseech Thee, 0 Lord, Thy grace into our Deliver me, Jesus. hearts; that, we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son, was made From the fear of being humiliated, known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be From the fear of being despised, brought to the glory of His Resurrection.Through the same Christ, Our From the fear of suffering rebukes, Lord. Amen. From the fear of being calumniated, From the fear of being forgotten, PRAYER TO DEFEAT THE WORK OF SATAN From the fear of being ridiculed, 0 Divine Eternal Father, in union with Your Divine Son and the Holy Spirit, From the fear of being wronged, and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg You to destroy the power From the fear of being suspected, of Your greatest enemy the evil spirits. Cast them into the deepest Deliver me, Jesus. recesses of hell and chain them there forever! Take possession of Your That others may be loved more than I, Kingdom which You have created and which is rightfully Yours. Heavenly That others may be esteemed more than I, Father, give us the reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate That in the opinion of the world, others may Heart of Mary. I repeat this prayer out of pure love for You, with every beat increase, and I may decrease, of my heart and with every breath I take. Amen. That others may be chosen and I set aside, That others may be praised and I unnoticed, ANCIENT PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH That others may be preferred to me in everything, 0 St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the That others become holier than I, provided that throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires. 0 St. Joseph, do I may become as holy as I should, assist me by your powerful intercession and obtain for me from your Divine Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. Son all spiritual blessings through Jesus Christ, Our Lord; so that having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and ACT OF LOVE Jesus, Mary, I love you. Save souls! homage to the most loving of Fathers. 0 St. Joseph, I never weary (This 'Act of Love' includes all souls; the souls in , the innocent, contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach the suffering, the sinful, the dying, and even your own poor soul. Do not while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine lose time! Every 'Act of Love' means a soul. ... and repairs a thousand Head for me, and ask Him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath. blasphemies!" Words of Our Lord to S_ Maria Consolata Betrone, Poor St. Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for me. Amen Clare Capuchin (1930-1946)

EVENING PRAYER EVENING PRAYER Lord Jesus Christ, my God, I adore You and thank You for all the graces Visit, we beseech Thee, 0 Lord, this dwelling and drive far from it all the You have given me this day. I offer You my sleep and the moments of this snares of the enemy. Let Thy holy angels dwell herein to keep us in peace, night. I beseech You to protect me and keep me safe. Therefore I place and may Thy blessing be always upon us. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, myself within Your sacred side and under the mantle of our Blessed Lady, Thy Son, Who liveth and reignth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, my mother. Let your holy angels stand about me and keep me in Your one God, world without end. Amen peace. Let Your blessing be upon me throughout the hours of this night, so I may awake to serve You, strengthened and refreshed, for a new day. Amen. THE PRAYER OR BLESSING AGAINST STORMS ANIMA CHRISTI By St. Ignatius Loyola Jesus Christ, a King of Glory, has come in peace. God became man, and Soul of Christ, sanctify me. the Word was made flesh. Christ was born of a virgin. Christ suffered. Body of Christ, save me. Christ was crucified. Christ died. Christ rose from the dead. Christ Blood of Christ, inebriate me. ascended into heaven. Christ conquers. Christ reigns. Christ orders. May Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. Christ protect us from all storms and lightning. Christ went through their O good Jesus, hear me. midst in peace and the word was made flesh. Christ is with us with Mary. Within Thy wounds hide me. Flee, you enemy spirits, because the Lion of the Generation of Juda, the Suffer me not to be separated from Thee. From the malignant enemy, Root of David, has won. Holy God! Holy Powerful God! Holy Immortal defend me. God! Have mercy on us. Amen! In the hour of my death, call me.

And bid me come to Thee. PRAYER TO THE SHOULDER WOUND OF CHRIST That with Thy saints I may praise Thee, Forever and ever. Amen. 0 loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I, a miserable sinner, salute and Indulgenced by Blessed Pope Pius IX, Jan. 9, 1854. worship the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy Flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy Most PRAYER BEFORE A CRUCIFIX Blessed Body. I adore Thee, 0 Jesus most sorrowful. I praise and glorify Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before Thy face I Thee, and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound; humbly kneel, and with burning soul pray and beseech Thee to fix deep in beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain, and by the crushing burden of my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope and charity, true contrition for my Thy heavy Cross to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal sins and a firm purpose of amendment, while I contemplate with great love and venial sins, and to lead me on towards heaven along the Way of Thy and tender pity Thy Five Wounds, pondering over them within me and Cross. Amen. calling to mind the words which David Thy prophet said of Thee, my Jesus, 'They have pierced my hands and my feet, they have numbered all My Pray for the Souls in Purgatory Bones." (Ps. 22: 17-18) Raccolta #201. The Holy Souls in purgatory are incapable of helping themselves. They depend on the works of mercy by the living and the mercy of Jesus and (On any Friday during Lent a plenary indulgence is granted the Christian Mary to shorten their time in purgatory. Their souls are very dear to God's faithful who, after communion, devoutly recite the above prayer before an Heart. He is most generous to those who offer every good act, suffering, image of Jesus Christ crucified. On other days of the year the indulgence prayers, or Holy Mass for these souls. In gratitude they intercede for us. is a partial one.) Indulgenced by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758). (St. John Vianney once said: “The good God will render us back the good we do for them a hundred fold.”) PRAYER TO OBTAIN THE GRACE OF ALL THE WORLD'S MASSES Eternal Father, we humbly offer Thee our poor presence and that of the PRAYER FOR THE HOLY SOULS whole of humanity, from the beginning to the end of the world, at all the (Our Lord dictated the following prayer to St. Gertrude to release 1,000 Masses that ever have or ever will be prayed. We offer Thee all the pains, Souls from Purgatory each time it is said.) sufferings, prayers, sacrifices, joys and relaxations of our lives, in union with those of our dear Lord Jesus here on earth. May the Most Precious Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in Blood of Christ, all His Blood and Wounds and Agony save us, through the union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen! purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen. Hail, Holy Queen THE GOLDEN ARROW Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope! May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most mysterious and To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up unutterable Name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most glorified in heaven, on earth and under the earth, by all the creatures of gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our exile, God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. 0 clement, 0 loving, 0 Sacrament of the Altar. Amen sweet Virgin Mary. Amen.

PRAYER TO THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS by St. Therese of Lisieux HAIL MARY OF GOLD Hail Mary, White Lily of the glorious and always-serene Trinity! O Jesus, Who in Thy cruel Passion didst become the "Reproach of men and the Man of Sorrows", I worship Thy Divine Face. Hail brilliant Rose of the garden of heavenly delights! Once it shone with the beauty and sweetness of Divinity; now for my sake It is become as the face of a "leper". Yet in that disfigured Countenance I 0 you, by whom God wanted to be born and by whose milk the King of recognize Thy Infinite Love, and I am consumed with the desire of loving heaven wanted to be nourished! Nourish our souls with effusions of divine Thee and of making Thee loved by all mankind. The tears that streamed in grace. Amen! such abundance from Thine Eyes are to me as precious pearls which I delight to gather, that with their infinite worth I may ransom the souls of (“At the hour when the soul which has thus greeted me quits the body, I'll poor sinners. appear to them in such splendid beauty that they'll taste, to their great "0 Jesus, Whose Face is the sale beauty that ravishes my heart, I may not consolation, something of the joys of paradise." The Blessed Virgin Mary to behold here upon earth the sweetness of Thy Glance nor feel the ineffable Sf. , Revelations, book III, chapter XVIII.) tenderness of Thy Kiss. Thereto I consent, but I pray Thee to imprint in me Thy Divine Likeness, and implore Thee to so inflame me with Thy Love 54 DAY NOVENA that it may quickly consume me, and soon I may reach the vision of Thy (In 1884 at Naples, , this novena was revealed by Our Lady to For/ua Glorious Face in heaven! Amen. Agrelli, who was incurably sick and had been fervently praying the Rosary. The Blessed Mother promised to restore her health, and said to her: A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS "Whoever wishes to receive favors from me should make three novenas of .Keep them, I pray Thee, dearest Lord, the prayers of the Rosary in petition and three in thanksgiving.”) Keep them, for they are Thine Thy priests whose lives burn out before To obtain a favor, pray consecutively 6 nine-day rosary novenas (27 days Thy consecrated shrine. of petition and 27 days of thanksgiving), alternating mysteries. Keep them, for they are in the world, Though from the world apart; CONSECRATION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN When earthly pleasures tempt, allure, Shelter them in Thy heart. 0 Mary, my Queen, my Mother, I give myself entirely to thee and to show Keep them, and comfort them in hours my devotion to thee, I consecrate to thee this day, my eyes, my ears, my Of loneliness and pain, mouth, my heart, my whole When all their life of sacrifice being without reserve. Wherefore, good Mother as I am thine own, keep For souls seems but in vain. me, guard me as thy property and possession. Amen. Keep them, and 0 remember, Lord, They have no one but Thee, PRAYER TO MARY by Berthe Petit Yet they have only human hearts, Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, dwelling pure and holy, cover my With human frailty. soul with your maternal protection, so that being ever faithful to the voice of Keep them as spotless as the Host, Jesus, it responds to His love and obeys His Divine Will. That daily they caress; Their every thought and word and deed, I wish, 0 my Mother, to keep unceasingly before me your co-redemption in Deign, dearest Lord, to bless. order to live intimately with your heart that is totally united to the Heart of your Divine Son. Our Father… Hail Mary… Fasten me to this Heart by your own virtues and sorrows. Protect me Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for them. always. Amen. (In San Damiano, Italy on August 14, 1965, Jesus Christ told Mama Rosa Quattrini: "Pray for the priests. Pray with might and do not cease praying, for the devil wants their downfall. Pray, My sons, you who are close to me.")

Prayers of St. Gianna Molla Intercessory Prayer to St. Joan of Arc (Pray novena for 9 consecutive days) God our Father we praise You and we bless you because in St Opening prayer: Gianna Beretta Molla you have

given us one who witnessed to Eternal Father, you gave us Saint Joan of Arc through your infinite love the Gospel as a young women, as a wife, as a mother, and as a and mercy for us. We humbly ask that you send down your Holy Spirit doctor. We thank you because upon us, as Your Spirit is the intermediary by which the Word goes forth through the gift of her life we can from your lips and reaches the ears of the faithful. Allow me to be a learn to welcome and honor every witness to your Son Jesus Christ just as St. Joan of Arc was. Oh, Jesus, human person. grant me the courage to do your will, that I may be in one accord with our Father in Heaven. I thank you for the gift of your love, which I hope You, Lord Jesus, were for Gianna to one day fully understand. a splendid example. She learned to recognize you in Petition Prayer: the beauty of nature. As she was questioning her Say 19 Our Fathers , followed by "St. Joan of Arc, by your powerful choice of vocation she went intercession, hear and answer me." in search of you and the best way to serve you. Through her married love she became a sign of When you finish, say the following prayer: your love for the Church and for humanity. Like you, the Good Samaritan, she cared for everyone Saint Joan of Arc, patron of France, my patron saint, I ask you now to who was sick, small or weak. Following your example, fight this battle with me by prayer, just as you led your troops to victory out of love she gave herself entirely, in battle. You, who were filled with the Holy Spirit and chosen by God, generating new life. help me this day with the favor I ask [ here say your intention ]. Grant me

by your divine and powerful intercession, the courage and strength I need Holy Spirit, Source of every perfection, give us wisdom, intelligence, and courage so that, following the example of Saint to endure this constant fight. Oh St. Joan, help me to be victorious in the Gianna and through her intercession, we may know how to place tasks God presents to me. I thank you and ask you for your continuing ourselves at the service of each person we meet in our personal, protection of God's people. family and professional lives, and thus grow in love and holiness. Amen. Closing Prayer:

HERE IS A PRAYER COMPOSED BY SAINT GIANNA Sweet Saint Joan, plead for me before the throne of almighty God that I may be deemed worthy to be granted the request I have asked. Help me, Jesus, I promised You to submit myself to all that You permit to befall me, Saint Joan, to be more like you in the attempt to love the Lord with all make me only know Your will. My most sweet Jesus, infinitely merciful God, my heart, soul, and mind. Through your guidance and prayer help me to most tender Father of souls, and in a particular way of the most weak, most be a truly devout and loving Christian, that I may both know and see the miserable, most infirm which You carry with special tenderness between will of God. Help me now St. Joan, in my time of need. I ask that you Your divine arms, I come to You to ask You, through the love and merits of mayalways be near me guiding me closer each day to Jesus. Thank you Your Sacred Heart, the grace to comprehend and to do always Your holy Saint Joan for having heard my prayer. will, the grace to confide in You, the grace to rest securely through time and eternity in Your loving divine arms." Amen.

The Fifteen Promises of Mary to Christians Who Recite the Rosary (Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alain) 1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the rosary, shall receive signal graces. Poem by St Theresa 2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the rosary. The Flower 3. The rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell. It will destroy vice, All the earth with snow is covered, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. Everywhere the white frosts reign; 4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the Winter and his gloomy courtiers abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the Hold their court on earth again. love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of But for you has bloomed the Flower eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means! Of the fields, Who comes to earth 5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the rosary, From the fatherland of heaven, shall not perish. Where eternal spring has birth. 6. Whoever shall recite the rosary devoutly, applying himself to the Near the Rose of Christmas, Sister! consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by In the lowly grasses hide, misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, and he shall not And be like the humble flowerets, perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the Of heaven’s King the lowly bride! grace of God and become worthy of eternal life. 7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church. 8. Those who are faithful to recite the rosary shall have during their life NOVENAS TO ST. THERESE and at their death the light of God and the fullness of His graces. and (The Twenty-four "Glory Be to the Father" novena can be said at any time. at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints However, the ninth to the seventeenth of the month is particularly in paradise. recommended, for on those days the petitioner joins in prayer with all those 9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the making the novena, thus forming one great prayer in common.) rosary. 10. The faithful children of the rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in The "Glory Be to the Father," is said twenty-four times each of the nine heaven. days, in thanksgiving for all the blessing and favors given to St. Therese of 11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the rosary. the Child Jesus during the twenty-four years of her life. After each "Glory 12. All those who propagate the holy rosary shall be aided by me in their be to the Father" say; Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us. necessities. 13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the rosary or shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death. 0 Little Therese of the Child Jesus, please pick for me a rose from the 14. All who recite the rosary are my beloved children, the brothers and heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love. sisters of Jesus Christ. 15. Devotion of my rosary is a great sign of predestination. 0 Little Flower of Jesus, ask God today to grant the favors I now place with confidence in your hands (Mention specific requests) ACT OF FAITH My God, grant that I may love Thee, and be the only reward of my love to St. Therese, help me to always believe as you did, in God's great love for love Thee always more and more. me, so that I might imitate your "Little Way" each day. Amen

(Pray the novena with great devotion and faith, and with confidence that the Lord will grant CHAPLET OF FAITH what you ask!) On each decade of the rosary pray: The Apostles' Creed on each large bead. On each of the small beads say: Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls, save the consecrated. Saint Joan of Arc St. Augustine’s Prayer to the Holy Spirit Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy “I was condemned for what I knew was Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love truth, not because of my weakness, but because but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy. Amen. of man’s weakness, man’s boredom, man’s

tiredness. The men in the Church were too weak Prayer to Saint to help me. Other men were frightened of my Good Saint Anthony, in God's providence you have secured for His people many strength, for in truth there is great strength, marvelous favors. You have been especially celebrated, good Saint Anthony, for honor, dignity, and in truth there is power. your goodness to the poor and the hungry, for finding employment for those seeking it, for your special care of those who travel, and for keeping safe from Truth has a force in it that some men harm all who must be away from home. You are widely known also, good Saint cannot handle for they are morally weak and they Anthony, for securing peace in the family, for your delicate mercy in finding lost things, for safe delivery of messages, and for your concern for women in interpret according to their own opinions, childbirth. In honoring you, Saint Anthony, for the many graces our Lord grants imaginations, and positions in the world. through your favor, we trustfully and confidently ask your aid in our present need. Pray for us, good Saint Anthony, that we may be made worthy of the promises of I was young, and in many ways I was Christ. May it be a source of joy, O God, to your Church that we honor the timid. I walked with men and many times I was memory of your Confessor and Doctor, Saint Anthony. May his spiritual help Photo of Saint Therese frightened, because I knew that the Voices that I always make us strong, and by his assistance may we enjoy an eternal reward. dressed like St. Joan of Arc This we ask through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen. told them of were questioned by some of them

because it was difficult for these men to understand such phenomena. But the Prayer of Pope John Paul II words that the Voices spoke had such clarity, such meaning, such force, such We thank You, Lord Jesus, because the Gospel of the Father's love, with which power, the men could not deny the value of them, and we would ride to victory on You came to save the world, has been proclaimed far and wide in America as a the Words of Divine Will. gift of the Holy Spirit that fills us with gladness. We thank You for the gift of Your Life, which You have given us by loving us to the end: Your Life makes us When it came time for men of disgraceful character, nature, to place children of God, brothers and sisters to each other. Increase, O Lord, our faith and judgment on me, they made it look as though I were the one that weakened under our love for You, present in all the tabernacles of the continent. Grant us to be faithful witnesses to your Resurrection for the younger generation of Americans, their pressure. True, I was tired. True, my endurance dwindled, but I did not so that, in knowing You, they may follow You and find in You their peace and weaken because my Voices told me to be strong, that those men who were joy. judging me were all wrong. Only then will they know that they are brothers and sisters of all God's children scattered throughout the world. You who, in becoming man, chose to belong to a My death was a terrible death, not because I was so young, but I was human family, teach families the virtues which filled with light the family home of forced into a position where I could not run. I was tied and I was abandoned by Nazareth. May families always be united, as You and the Father are one, and may they be living witnesses to love, justice and solidarity; make them schools of many of those whom I loved. But the words at the end, when I knew I could no respect, forgiveness and mutual help, so that the world may believe; help them to longer fight for what I knew was right, have never been given to the world be the source of vocations to the priesthood and the consecrated life, and all the correctly. I am Saint Joan of Arc. My words were these: other forms of firm Christian commitment. Protect Your Church and the ‘If I have failed You, my God, forgive me. If I have done one impure thing that was my own Successor of Peter, to whom You, Good Shepherd, have entrusted the task of fault, forgive me. And now that man has judged me and I go to Your Judgment, have mercy feeding Your flock. Grant that the Church in America may flourish and grow on me, for in my littleness, if I have failed You, I ask Your Forgiveness. Do not let the evil richer in the fruits of holiness. Teach us to love Your Mother, Mary, as you loved one touch me. I could not bear the stench of his place. Please God, take me to Where You her. Give us strength to proclaim Your word with courage in the work of the new are, for my Soul’s sake.’ So be it.” vangelization, so that the world may know new hope. , Mother of America, pray for us! (Given at Mexico City on January 22, 1999, by Pope John-Paul II). NOVENA OF ST. ANDREW (Nov. 30- Dec. 25th) PRAYER OF ST. Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace! Where there is hatred, let me born of the Most Pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing sow Love; Where there is injury, Pardon; Where there is doubt, Faith; cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, oh my God, to hear my prayer and grant my Where there is despair, Hope; Where there is sadness, Joy. desire through the merits of our Savior Jesus Christ and His Blessed 0 Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to Mother. Amen console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receIve; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in SAINT PIO OF PIETRELCINA dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Almighty God, you gave the Capuchin Priest, Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, PSALM FOR MATURE YEARS The immense privilege of sharing in a unique way in the Passion of Thy You are my hope, 0 Lord; Son. Grant me, through his intercession, the graces that I ardently my trust, 0 God, from my youth. desire, And, above all, at the hour of my death, grant me the grace of On You I depend from birth; being reconciled to the Will of Jesus, and united with Him in Glory of his from my mother's womb resurrection, Glory be to the Father( three times) You are my strength; constant has been my hope in You. Cast me not off in my oId age; as my strength fails, forget me not. PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT 0 God, You have taught me from my youth, and till Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in the present I proclaim them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created Your wondrous deeds; and You shall renew the face of the earth. And now that I am old and gray, 0 God, Who has taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy 0 God, forsake me not Spirit, grant that by the gift of the same Spirit we may be always truly wise, Till I proclaim Your strength and ever rejoice in His consolations, through Christ our Lord. Amen. to every generation that is to come. PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH FOR THE DYING Though You have made me feel many bitter afflictions, Everlasting Father, for the sake of Your love for St. Joseph, who was Your You will again revive me; from the depths of the earth most faithful Guardian upon earth, have mercy on us and on those who are You will once more raise me. (From Psalm 71) dying. GRACE AFTER MEALS OUR FATHER. . . We give You thanks, Almighty all day long, HAIL MARY... Till the shades lengthen GLORY BE TO THE FATHER. . . and the evening comes, And the busy world is hushed; And the fever of life is over, And our work is done. I may die in the grace of God and deserve to dwell in Heaven, where you Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging and a now enjoy everlasting glory. Amen. holy rest and peace at the last. (John Henry Cardinal Newman) PRAYER TO ST. BENEDICT O most holy * Confessor of the Lord, Benedict, father and guide of monks, The Lord bless you and keep you intercede for our salvation and that of everyone. May His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. V. Lord, God of armies, convert us. May He look upon you with kindness and give you His peace. R. Show us Thy Face and we shall be saved. (Numbers 6:24-26) Awaken, O Lord, in Thy Church the Spirit that our blessed Father Saint Benedict obeyed, so that, filled with the same Spirit we may strive to love THE SAINTS what he loved and practice what he taught. Lord God, you alone are holy and no one is good without you. Through the Grant us the grace to persevere in the service of Thy will, so that our days intercession of St. N. help us to live in such a way that we may not be deprived of a share in your glory. We ask this through Christ our Lord. may see the people of Thy servants grow in merit and number. Through Amen. Christ Our Lord. Amen. A SHORT WAY OF THE CROSS Mary's Great Promise at Fatima First Station Jesus Is Condemned to Death The Five First Saturdays are intended to honor and to make reparation to 0 Jesus! so meek and uncomplaining, teach me resignation in trials. the Immaculate Heart of Mary for all the blasphemies and ingratitude of Second Station Jesus Carries His Cross people. My Jesus, this Cross should be mine, not yours; my sins crucified you. This devotion and the wonderful promises connected with it were revealed Third Station Our Lord Falls the First Time by the Blessed Virgin at Fatima, a small village in Portugal. Our Lady 0 Jesus! by this first fall, never let me fall into mortal sin. appeared to three children there in 1917, and one of the little girls, Lucy, Fourth Station Jesus Meets His Mother tells us that she said: I promise to help at the hour of death, with the graces 0 Jesus! may no human tie, however dear, keep me from following the needed for salvation, whoever on the First Saturday of five consecutive months road of the Cross. shall: Fifth Station Simon the Cyrenean Helps Jesus Carry His Cross 1. Confess and receive Communion; 2. Recite five decades of the Rosary; 3. And Simon unwillingly assisted you; may I with patience suffer all for you. keep me company for fifteen Sixth Station Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus minutes while meditating on the fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention 0 Jesus! You imprinted your sacred features upon Veronica's veil; stamp of making reparation to me. them also indelibly upon my heart. Seventh Station The Second Fall of Jesus By your second fall, preserve me, dear Lord, from relapse into sin. PRAYER BEFORE THE ROSARY Eighth Station Jesus Consoles the Women of Jerusalem QUEEN of the Holy Rosary, you have deigned to come to Fatima to reveal My greatest consolation would be to hear you say: "Many sins are forgiven to the three shepherd children the treasures of grace hidden in the Rosary. you, because you have loved much." Inspire my heart with a sincere love of this devotion, in order that by Ninth Station Third Fall of Jesus meditating on the Mysteries of our Redemption which are recalled in it, I 0 Jesus! when weary upon life's long journey, be my strength and my may be enriched with its fruits and obtain peace for the world, the perseverance. conversion of sinners and of Russia, and the favor which I ask of you in this Tenth Station Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments Rosary. (Here men tion your request.) I ask it for the greater glory of God, for My soul has been robbed of its robe of innocence; clothe me, dear Jesus, your own honor, and for the good of souls, especially for my own. Amen. with the garb of penance and contrition.

Eleventh Station Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY You forgave your enemies; my God, teach me to forgive injuries and Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary, your Divine Son Jesus is the perfect FORGET them. Mediator between God and human beings, because He alone could in all Twelfth Station Jesus Dies on the Cross justice merit our reconciliation of with God as well as the graces that God You are dying, my Jesus, but your Sacred Heart still throbs with love for would impart after the reconciliation. You are the in union with your sinful children. Christ. Thirteenth Station Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross

Receive me into your arms, 0 Sorrowful Mother; and obtain for me perfect contrition for my sins. CONSECRATION TO THE BLESSED MOTHER Fourteenth Station Jesus Is Laid in the Sepulcher My Queen, my Mother, I give myself entirely to you, and to show my When I receive you into my heart in Holy Communion, 0 Jesus, make it a fit devotion to you, I consecrate to you this day, my eyes, my ears, my mouth, abiding place for your adorable Body. Amen. my heart, my whole being without reserve. Wherefore good Mother as I am your own, keep me, guard me, as your property and possession. Amen. PRAYER TO OUR REDEEMER Soul of Christ, make me holy. Body of Christ, be my salvation. Blood of THE ASSUMPTION Christ, let me drink your wine. Water flowing from the side of Christ, wash Almighty and everlasting God, who has assumed the Immaculate Virgin me clean. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. Kind Jesus, hear my prayer; Mary, the Mother of your Son, body and soul into celestial glory, grant, we Hide me within your wounds and keep me close to you. Defend me from beseech you that intent on heavenly things, we may always deserve to be the evil enemy. Call me at my death to the fellowship of your saints, that I partakers of her glory. Through Christ our Lord. Ament. may sing your praise with them through all eternity. Amen.

Feast of RADIATING CHRIST ( By Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman The first Sunday after Easter is the Feast of Mercy. Jesus said, "On that February 21, 1801 - August 11, 1890.) day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean Dear Jesus, of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul Help me to spread Your fragrance Wherever I go. that will go to confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain Flood my soul with Your Spirit and Life. complete forgiveness of sins and punishment" (699) Penetrate and possess my being so utterly That my life may only be Indulgenced by Pope John Paul II, 2002. A radiance of Yours. Shine through me, and be so in me THE CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY That every soul I come in contact with In 1935, The Lord said to St. (1905-1938): "You will May feel Your Presence in my soul. recite this chaplet on the beads of the rosary in the following manner: Let them look up, and see no longer me But only Jesus. First, pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Apostles' Creed. Then, Stay with me, on the Our Father beads say these words: And then I will begin to shine as You shine, So to shine as to be a light to others. Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Thy The light, 0 Jesus, Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and Will be all from You. those of the whole world. None of it will be mine. It will be You, shining on others through me. On the Hail Mary beads pray: Let me thus praise You For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole In the way in which You love best: world. By shining on those around me. Let me preach You without preaching, In conclusion pray three times: Not by words but by example, Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on By the catching force, the whole world." The sympathetic influence of what I do, The evident fullness of the love OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP (A private novena prayer) My heart bears for You. Amen. Mother, crowned, yet sorrowful, in your arms you bear the little King, and show Him to the world as He beholds the instruments of his redeeming (This prayer was a favorite of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910- death. Mother, ever present help, speak to him of my intentions.... 1997). She said it made a great difference in the lives of the Missionaries of Charity.) All Christian hearts are held within your care, and so we turn to you in trust, to find the gentle help, more powerful than human might and faithful beyond "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, then we have fellowship with all our imagining. Pray for us, Mother of Perpetual one another, and the blood of His Son, Jesus, cleanses us from all sin." (1 John 1 :7) MORNING OFFERING 0 Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, PRAYER FOR THE UNITY OF CHRISTIANS works, joys and sufferings of this day, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Almighty and eternal God, Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of Your Sacred You gather the scattered sheep Heart; the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, the reunion of all Christians. and watch over those You have gathered. I offer them for the intentions of our Bishops and of all Apostolates of Prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this Look kindly on all who follow Jesus, Your Son. month. You have marked them with the seal of one baptism; now make them one in the fullness of faith and unite them in the bond of love. PRAYER BEFORE AN EVENT We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen Direct, we beg you, 0 Lord, our actions by your holy inspirations, and carry them on by your gracious assistance, that every prayer and work of ours may begin always with you, and through you be happily ended. Amen. ACT OF FAITH PRAYERS BEFORE COMMUNION 0 my God, I firmly believe that You are one God in three divine persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I believe that Your divine Son became man ACT OF DESIRE and died for our sins and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. 0 Jesus, my God, I wish with all I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches my heart to receive You. Come into my poor soul, 0 Jesus, come with Your and believes because You have revealed them, Who can neither deceive Body and Blood, Your Soul and Divinity, so that I may have You living in nor be deceived. me, and may live for You and with You forever. Amen. ACT OF HOPE ACT OF FAITH 0 my God, relying on Your infinite goodness and promises I hope to obtain 0 Jesus, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God, Who the pardon of my sins, the help of Your grace, and life everlasting through came on earth to save man from sin. I believe, also, that in receiving the the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer. Holy Eucharist I shall receive Your Body and Blood. I believe this firmly be- cause You are almighty and You have said it. ACT OF LOVE 0 my God, I love You above all things with my whole heart and soul AN ACT OF CONSECRATION because You are all good and worthy of all my love. I love my neighbor as 0 Sacred Heart of Jesus, filled with infinite love, broken by my ingratitude, myself for the love of You. I forgive all who have offended me and I ask pierced by my sins, yet loving me still: accept the consecration that I make pardon of all whom I have offended. to You of all that I am and all that I have. Take every faculty of my soul and body. Draw me, day by day, nearer and nearer to Your Sacred Heart, and ACT OF CONTRITION there, as I can bear the lesson, teach me Your blessed ways. Amen. 0 my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell; but most of DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS all, because they offend You, my God, Who are all good and deserving of 0 Heart of love, I put all my trust in You; for I fear all things from my own all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to confess my sins, weakness, but I hope for all things from Your goodness. Most sweet Heart to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen. of Jesus, grant that peace, the fruit of justice and charity, may reign throughout the world. THE (Replaces the Angelus during Easter time) 0 most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore You, I love Queen of heaven, rejoice, Alleluia! For He, Whom you merited to bear, You, and with a lively sorrow for my sins, I offer You this poor heart of mine. Alleluia! Has risen as He said, Alleluia! Pray for us to God, Alleluia! Rejoice Make me humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to Your will. Grant, and be glad, 0 Virgin Mary, Alleluia! For our Lord is truly risen, Alleluia! good Jesus, that I may live in You and for You. Protect me in the midst of Let us pray: danger; comfort me in my afflictions; give me health of body, assistance in 0 God, Who by the Resurrection of Your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, was my temporal needs, Your blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy pleased to make glad the whole world, grant, we beseech You, that through death. Amen. the intercession of the Virgin Mary, we may attain to the joys of eternal life, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. THE My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior GRACE BEFORE MEALS Because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid; for behold Bless us, 0 Lord, and these Your gifts which we are about to receive from henceforth Your goodness, through Christ our Lord. Amen. all generations shall call me blessed; Because He Who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name; And His mercy is from GRACE AFTER MEALS generation to generation on those who fear Him. He has shown might with We give You thanks, Almighty God, for these and all Your benefits Who live His arm; He has scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. He has and reign world without end. Amen. May the Divine Assistance remain al- put down the mighty from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly, ways with us, and may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away of God, rest in peace. Amen. empty. He has given help to Israel, His servant, mindful of His mercy. Even as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity forever. THE JESUS PRAYER Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me a sinner. PRAYER FOR A HAPPY DEATH Holy Father, St. Francis, who died longing for God, I invite you, with Jesus PRAYER OF SELF-OFFERING and Mary, to assist me at the hour of my death. Be then to me a father and Take, 0 Lord, all my liberty. Receive my memory, my understanding and my protector, and intercede for me that I may die in the grace of God and will. You have given me all that I am and all that I possess. I return it all to deserve to dwell in Heaven, where you now enjoy everlasting glory. Amen You and surrender it to the guidance of Your will. Give me only Your love and grace. With these I am rich enough and ask for nothing more. PRAYER FOR PEACE Spiritual Exercises, St. 0 God, from Whom proceed all holy desires, all right counsels and just works, grant unto us Your servants that peace which the world cannot give, PRAYER FOR A SICK PERSON that our hearts may be devoted to Your service, and that, being delivered O God, who bestowed on St. Gerard the power of healing all kinds of from the fear of our enemies, we may pass our time in peace under Your infirmities, glorify him, who was so merciful toward human misery, by protection. Through Christ our Lord. Amen delivering me from my present sickness. Grant also that, being strengthened in body, I may take greater care to avoid sin and overcome my evil passions, the spiritual disease that drags so many to everlasting Remember, most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known, that death. I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. anyone who prayed for your protection, implored your help, and sought your intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I hasten to PRAYER IN AFFLICTION you, 0 virgin of virgins, my mother. To you I come; before you I stand, sinful Keep me from bitterness. It is so easy to nurse sharp bitter thoughts each and sorrowful. 0 mother of the Word Incarnate, do not ignore my petitions, dull dark hour! Against self-pity, Man of Sorrows, defend me with Your deep but in your mercy hear and answer me. Amen. sweetness and Your gentle power! Help me to harvest a new sympathy for suffering humankind, a wiser pity for those who lift a heavier cross with PSALM 23 You. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. PRAYER WHEN SUFFERING In verdant pastures Sweet Jesus - May Your own patient, loving Heart teach me to accept He gives me repose; suffering, and to prize highly every thorn You give me from Your crown, Beside restful waters every splinter of Your Sacred Cross. 0 Most Loving Heart of Jesus, You He leads me; Who are the fruitful source of all graces, imprint in my heart a most perfect He refreshes my soul. love of You, and of Your dear Mother Mary - an ardent love for my He guides me in right paths neighbor, an entire resignation to Your Most Holy Will- a contempt for for His name's sake. worldly pleasures, and a happy passage to the eternity of Paradise. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for PRAYER FOR DECEASED You are at my side Our Father in Heaven, we ask You to bless us, the poor in spirit and grant With Your rod and Your staff us Your consolation. We ask that You look favorably upon Your son (or that give me courage. daughter), who has left this world and grant him (her) peace and eternal life You spread the table before me with You in Heaven. For the Lord said, I am the resurrection and the life, he in the sight of my foes; who believes in Me will not die forever. Lord, grant us all the grace to You anoint my head with oil; rejoice with You and the angels that Your faithful servant has been taken my cup overflows. up to Heaven. For death in this world is only the beginning of eternal joy Only goodness and kindness and happiness made possible by the death and resurrection of Your Son follow me all the days Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. of my life; Eternal rest grant unto them, a Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon And I shall dwell them. May they rest in peace. Amen. in the house of the Lord

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Say the following prayers after the rosary.

THE HAIL, HOLY QUEEN Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy! Our life, our sweetness and our hope! To Thee do we cry, LUMINOUS MYSTERIES Thursday poor banished children of Eve; to Thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this 1st – The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan valley, of tears. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, Thine eyes mercy toward us; and after this 2nd – Jesus’ miracle at the Marriage of Cana our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of Thy womb, Jesus; O clement, O loving, O sweet 3rd – The Preaching of Jesus Virgin Mary. 4th – The Transfiguration of Jesus V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. 5th – Institution of the Holy Eucharist R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

LET US PRAY O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee that meditating upon these mysteries in the most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise; through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.