Gracious God of our ancestors, You led Peter Julian Eymard, like Jacob in times past, on a journey of faith. Under the guidance of Your gentle Spirit, Peter Julian discovered the gift of love in the Eucharist which Your Son Jesus offered for the hungers of humanity. Grant that we may celebrate this mystery worthily, […]
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O holy Virgin, Mother of God, help those who implore your assistance. Turn toward us. Have you perhaps forgotten us because you have been elevated to a position close to God? No, certainly not. You know well in what danger you left us. You know the miserable condition of your servants. No, it would not
MARIAN PRAYER OF SAINT PETER DAMIAN (A.D. 1007-1072) Read More »
Mary, I love you. Mary, make me live in God, with God, and for God. Draw me after you, holy mother. O Mary, may your children persevere in loving you. Mary, Mother of God and mother of mercy, pray for me and for the departed. Mary, holy Mother of God, be our helper. In every
MARIAN PRAYER OF SAINT PHILIP NERI (A.D. 1515-1595) Read More »
O God, Who gave to St. Peregrine an Angel for his companion, the Mother of God for his teacher, and Jesus for the Physician of his malady, grant we beseech You, that through his merits we may on earth intensely love our holy Angel, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and our Saviour; and in him bless
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Look down upon our weakness, almighty God; and since the weight of our own deeds wears us down, may the glorious intercession of Blessed Peter, Thy Bishop and Martyr, protect us. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
PRAYER FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT PETER OF ALEXANDRIA Read More »
Dear Doctor and Defender of the Church, to you the Master must have said: “Well done, composer of books which have taught and inspired countless persons in many lands.” Help those who compose catechisms to communicate the true teachings of Christ in ways that can be understood by our contemporaries so that they will be
PRAYER TO SAINT PETER CANISIUS, PATRON OF CATECHISM WRITERS Read More »
O great St. Peregrine, you who have called “The Mighty,” “The Wonder-Worker” because of the numerous miracles which you have obtained from God for those who have had recourse to you, you who for so many years bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fiber of our being, and who
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Blessed Apostle Peter, to whom God has given the keys of the kingdom of Heaven, and the power to bind and loose, grant that we may be delivered through the help of your intercession from the bonds of our sins. O, Holy Shepherd, Prince of the Apostles, pray for us that we may be made
PRAYER TO ST. PETER (For the forgiveness of sins.) Read More »
Our Father Who art in Heaven In the heaven of the Eucharist, to You Who are seated on the throne of grace and love, be benediction, and honour, and power and glory for ever and ever! Hallowed be Your Name first in myself, through the spirit of Your humility, obedience, and charity. May I in
PRAYER OF ST. PETER JULIAN EYMUND Our Father Paraphrased Read More »
St. Paul, great Apostle of the Gentiles, intercede for us to God [in favor of our priests]. You are God’s special vessel of election. Through your intercession we hope to receive from Him this special grace: (here make your request) [mentioning the name of the priest you pray for, his ministry, his spiritual life, and
PRAYER TO SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE FOR PRIESTS. Read More »
