General Prayers

Dearest St. Anne, it is you I wish to honour in your statues and images. They are the tangible representations of the mysteries of divine love that were accomplished in you. The sight of your holding the infant Virgin Mary brings to my mind a clearer understanding of your role in Christ’s Redemption of mankind. […]

We praise Thee, O God: We acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship Thee And the Father everlasting. To Thee all Angels: To Thee the heavens and all the Powers therein. To Thee the Cherubim and Seraphim: Cry with unceasing voice: Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Hosts. The heavens and

Good Saint Anne, obtain for me an increase of faith in the great mystery of the Holy Eucharist. Help me to see in this great Sacrament, Christ our High Priest, making real for me the saving grace of His death on the cross; feeding my soul with His Flesh and Blood so that I may

[Legend tells us that Saint Andrew, on beholding the cross upon which he was to be martyred, cried out these beautiful words.] O good cross, made beautiful by the body of the Lord, long have I desired thee, ardently have I loved thee, unceasingly have I sought thee, and now thou art ready for my

Good St. Anne, you were especially favored by God to be the mother of the most holy Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Savior. By your power with your most pure daughter and with her divine Son, kindly obtain for us the grace and the favor we now seek. Please secure for us also forgiveness

First-Called Apostle of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ, thou high follower of the Church, most praiseworthy Andrew! We laud and glorify thine apostolic labours, we lovingly commemorate thy blessed coming to us, we revere thine honorable sufferings which thou didst bear for Christ; we venerate thy sacred relics, we honour thy holy memory, and

Brother of Simon Peter, you heard John the Baptist say: “Behold the Lamb of God,” and you chose to follow Jesus. Leaving your nets, you became a successful fisher of souls. Lover of the Crucified Christ, you too were crucified like him. Teach us to live and suffer for Him and to win many souls

My family is the heart of my life. It is my little Church. Saint Anne, guard the members of my family against all physical and spiritual danger. You lived in the presence of your husband Joachim and your little daughter Mary. Later, you welcomed your son-in-law, Saint Joseph, and above all your beloved Grandson Jesus,

O glorious St. Andrew, you were the first to recognize and follow the Lamb of God. With your friend, St. John, you remained with Jesus from that first day, for your entire life, and now throughout eternity. As you led your brother, St. Peter, to Christ and many others after him, draw us also to