Obtain for me, from God, the power to imitate those virtues with which you are so
plentifully endowed. Help me to know and regret my sins bitterly. Obtain for me the
grace of active love for Jesus and Mary, and resolution to fulfill the duties of my state of
life with faithfulness. Save me from every danger that confronts me in life, and help me at
the hour of my death. Amen.
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PRAYER TO ST. ANNE (MARY'S MOTHER):
With love, I come to you St. Anne. By your virtues and holiness, you merited from God
the favor of giving life to her who is the Treasure of all graces, the Most Holy Virgin.
Receive me, good St. Anne, into the number of your true clients, for so I profess myself
and wish to remain throughout my entire life.
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ANOTHER PRAYER TO ST. ANNE: Glorious and holy St. Ann, whom the Heavens admire, whom the Saints honor, and the earth reveres -- the just, the penitent, and the sinner consider you as their powerful advocate before God, for by your intercession the just hope for an increase of grace, the penitent for their justification, and the sinner for remission of their sins. Be, then, kind and generous to me. Pray for me in Heaven. Use, in my favor, the great influence you have before God, particularly for (mention your petition). Obtain my request and grant that I may live always close to God. Recite one each: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be |
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ST. ANNE CHAPLET (THE LITTLE ROSARY): The Chaplet can be recited with great blessings to obtain temporal benefits. After each Hail Mary, recite the following invocation: "Jesus, Mary, St. Anne, grant me the favor I ask." 1. Say 1 Our Father and 5 Hail Mary's in honor of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2. Say 1 Our Father and 5 Hail Mary's in honor of our Blessed Mother Mary. 3. Say 1 Our Father and 5 Hail Mary's in honor of St. Anne. |
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PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY: O, good and gentle St. Anthony, your love of God and concern for His creatures made you worthy, while on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited on your word, which you were always ready to lend for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (mention your request). The answer to my prayer may require a miracle. Even so, you are the saint of miracles. Gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart is ever full of human sympathy, take my petition to the Infant Savior for Whom you have such great love, and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen. Recite one each: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be |
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PETITION TO ST. ANTHONY: Glorious St. Anthony, my friend and special protector, I come to you with full confidence in my present necessity. In your overflowing generosity you hear all those who turn to you. Your influence before the throne of God is so effective that the Lord readily grants great favors at your request. Please listen to my humble petition in spite of my unworthiness and sinfulness. Consider only your great and constant love for Jesus and Mary, and my desire for their glory and mercy. I beg you to obtain for me, from God, the grace I so greatly need (mention your petition), if it be His Will and for the good of my soul. I place this earnest petition in the care of the little mission children, so that they may present it to you along with their innocent prayers. Bless me, powerful St. Anthony, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. |
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PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY TO RECOVER LOST THINGS: O blessed St. Anthony, the grace of God has made you a powerful advocate in all our needs and the patron for the restoring of things lost or stolen. I turn to you today with childlike love and deep confidence. You have helped countless children of God to find the things they have lost - material things, and, more importantly, the things of the spirit: faith, hope, and love. I come to you with confidence; help me in my present need. I recommend what I have lost to your care, in the hope that God will restore it to me, if it is His holy Will. Amen. |
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PRAYER BY ST. BENEDICT FOR SEEKERS OF FAITH: Gracious and Holy Father, give us the wisdom to discover You, the intelligence to understand You, the diligence to seek after You, the patience to wait for You, eyes to behold You, a heart to meditate upon You, and a life to proclaim You, through the power of the Spirit of Jesus, our Lord. |
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PRAYER OF CARDINAL NEWMAN: Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere. Flood my soul with Thy Spirit and Life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may be only a radiance of Thine. Shine through me, and be so in me, that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up, and see no longer me, but only Jesus. |
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PRAYER TO ST. CATHERINE LABOURE: O, St. Catherine, who by your filial confidence in the Blessed Virgin merited the privilege of contemplating and conversing with Her while on this earth, obtain for us a faith like yours in Her maternal love. Grant that we may understand and appreciate the value of silence and of humility, and obtain for us the grace to show forth these virtues in our lives. Teach us to accomplish faithfully the duties of our state in order that we may merit the happiness of contemplating with you, the Virgin Immaculate during all eternity. Amen. |
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PRAYER TO ST. CHARBEL MAKHLOUF: Lord, infinitely Holy and Glorified in Your Saints, You have inspired Charbel, the saint monk, to lead the perfect life of a hermit. We thank You for granting him the blessing and the strength to detach himself from the world so that the heroism of the monastic virtues of poverty, obedience, and chastity, could triumph in his hermitage. We beseech You to grant us the grace of loving and serving You, following his example. Almighty God, Who has manifested the power of St. Charbel's intercession through his countless miracles and favors, grant us (mention your request) through his intercession. Amen. Recite one each: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be |
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NOVENA TO ST. CLAIRE: Pray 9 Hail Mary's once a day for 9 days, making your requests for her aid. On the 9th day, publish this prayer. Even without faith, this novena has rarely been known to fail. |
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PRAYER TO ST. DYMPHNA, PATRON OF THE MENTALLY
AFFLICTED: O, God, we humbly beseech You, through Your servant St. Dymphna, who sealed with her blood the love she bore You, to grant relief to those who suffer from mental afflictions and nervous disorders, especially (mention names here). St. Dymphna, helper of the mentally afflicted, pray for us. Recite the Glory Be 3 times |
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PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI 1: Lord, make me an instrument of Your Peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to 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 dying that we are born into eternal life. |
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PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI 2: Praised be my Lord and God, with all His creatures, and especially our brother the sun, who brings us the day and brings us the light; fair is he, and he shines with great splendor. O Lord, he is a sign to us of you! Praised be my Lord for our sister the moon, and for this stars, set clear and lovely in the heaven. |
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PRAYER TO ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI: Most lovable and popular Saint, son of a go-getting and wealthy merchant of Assisi, you discarded earthly possessions for the Savior you loved so dearly and you won innumerable persons for Jesus. How greatly we need in our day unselfish and just merchants. Inspire them with the love of Christ for others and with the desire for things that endure. Amen. |
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PRAYER TO ST. GERARD FOR PARENTHOOD: St. Gerard, powerful intercessor before God, and wonder-worker of our day, I call upon you, and seek your aid. You who on earth always fulfilled God's design, help me to do the Holy Will of God. Beseech the Master of Life, from Whom all paternity proceeds, to render me fruitful in offspring, that I may raise up children to God in this life, and heirs to the Kingdom of His Glory in the world to come. Amen. |
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PRAYER TO ST. GERARD FOR AN EXPECTANT MOTHER: Great St. Gerard, beloved servant of Jesus Christ, perfect imitator of Jesus, and devoted child of the Mother of God, enkindle within my heart one spark of that Heavenly fire of charity which glowed in yours. Because you bore, without murmur or complaint, the calumnies of wicked men when falsely accused of crime, you have been raised up by God as the patron and protector of expectant mothers. Preserve me/her in the dangers of motherhood, and shield the child I/she now bear(s), that it may be brought safely to the light of day, and receive the sacrament of baptism. |
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PRAYER OF ST. GERTRUDE IN HONOR OF ANGELS: I salute you through the Sacred Heart of Jesus, all you holy angels and saints of God. I rejoice in your glory, and I give thanks to our Lord for all the benefits which He has showered upon you. I praise Him and glorify Him, and offer you, for an increase in your joy and honor, the most gentle Heart of Jesus. Deign, therefore, to pray for me so that I may become according to the Heart of God. Amen. |
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PRAYER OF ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA: Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve You as You deserve: to give, and not count the cost; to fight, and not to heed the wounds; to toil, and not to seek for rest; to labor, and not to ask for reward, except that knowing that I am doing Your Will. |
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PRAYER TO ST. JOHN NEWMANN: St. John Newmann, servant of God and man, your desire to bring all souls to Christ inspired you to leave your family, home, and country. Ask for us the grace to live worthily in the spirit of our Baptism, so that all our thoughts, words, and actions of every day will bring God, Our Father, greater honor and glory. Ask for us the graces necessary to help and to serve the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed. May we live as you lived, persevering in every difficulty, to know and to do God's Holy Will. In this life, may we share your intercession, the protection of Mary, and the grace of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Redeemer. Amen. |
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PRAYER TO ST. JUDE: O, Glorious Apostle St. Jude, true relative of Jesus and Mary, I salute you through the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I praise and thank God for all the graces He has bestowed upon you. I implore you, through the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts, to look upon me with compassion. Despise not my poor prayers, and let my trust be not in vain. To you has been assigned the privilege of aiding mankind in the most desperate cases. Come to my aid, that I may praise the mercies of God. All my life, I will be grateful to you, and will be your faithful client, until I can thank you in Heaven. Amen. |
