Thursday, August 19, 2010

Prayer to Saint Therese of the Child Jesus

I greet you,
Saint Therese
Of the Child Jesus,
Lily of purity,
Ornament and glory
Of Christianity!

I salute you, great saint,
Seraph of Divine Love.

I rejoice at the favors
Our Blessed Lord Jesus
Has liberally bestowed on you.

In humility and confidence
I entreat you to help me,
For I know that God
Has given you
Charity and pity
As well as power.

Oh then, behold my distress,
My anxiety, my fears.
Oh, tell him now my wants.
One sigh from you
Will crown my success,
Will fill me with joy.

Remember your promise
To do good on earth.
Obtain for me from God
The graces of our Divine Lord,

(especially …state your petition)

Amen.

A Prayer to St. Peregrine

O great St. Peregrine, you have been called "The Mighty," "The Wonder Worker" because of the numerous miracles which you obtained from God for those who have turned to you in their need. For so many years, you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fiber of our being. You turned to God when the power of human beings could do no more, and you were favored with the vision of Jesus coming down from His cross to heal your affliction. I now ask God to heal these sick persons whom I entrust to you:  

(here mention their names)  

Aided by your powerful intercession, I shall sing with Mary a hymn of gratitude to God for His great goodness and mercy. 

Amen.

Prayer To Saint Jude Thaddeus the Apostle

Glorious Apostle Saint Jude Thaddeus,
True relative
Of Jesus and Mary,
I salute you through
This Sacred Heart of Jesus!

Through his Heart
I praise and thank God
For all the graces
He has bestowed upon you.

Humbly prostrate before you
I implore you,
Through His Heart,
To look down upon me
With compassion.

Despite my poor prayer;
Let not my trust
Be confounded!
To you God has granted
The privilege of
Aiding mankind
In the most desperate cases.

Oh, come to my aid
Until I can thank you in heaven.

All my life
I will be your grateful client
Until I can thank you in heaven. Amen.

St. Jude, pray for us
And for all who invoke your aid.

Amen.

A Prayer to Padre Pio

Beloved Padre Pio, today I come to add my prayer to the thousands of prayers offered to you every day by those who love and venerate you. They ask for cures and healings, earthly and spiritual blessings, and peace for body and mind. And because of your friendship with the Lord, he heals those you ask to be healed, and forgives those you forgive.

Through your visible wounds of the Cross, which you bore for 50 years, you were chosen in our time to glorify the crucified Jesus. Because the Cross has been replaced by other symbols, please help us to bring it back in our midst, for we acknowledge it is the only true sign of salvation.

As we lovingly recall the wounds that pierced your hands, feet and side, we not only remember the blood you shed in pain, but your smile, and the invisible halo of sweet smelling flowers that surrounded your presence, the perfume of sanctity.

Padre Pio, may the healings of the sick become the testimony that the Lord has invited you to join the holy company of Saints. In your kindness, please help me with my own special request: (mention here your petition, and make the sign of the Cross).

Bless me and my loved ones. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 

Amen.

Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
That never was it known that anyone who fled from you protection,
Implored your help and sought your intercession,
Was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence,
I hasten to you, O Virgin of virgins,
My Mother, to you,I come,before you stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate,
Do not despise my petition,
But in your mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.