A prayer in honour of Blessed Maria Celeste Crostarosa

Loving God, by the gifts of your Holy Spirit, Maria Celeste responded to inspirations received in the depths of her contemplative prayer. Help me, through her intercession, to open myself to deep contemplative prayer and communion with your will. Give me a portion of her listening, her love, and her courage, that through union with you in prayer, I may become that “living memory of Jesus, our Redeemer” in my family, in my workplace, and in my ministry, for the same of all your created world. Amen

Venerable Alfred Pampalon is the Patron of Alcoholics and Drug Addicts.

Prayer to Venerable Alfred Pampalon

Dear Father Alfred, listen to my cry and come to my aid. Obtain for me the favours I desire. You are well known as the protector of people who are suffering in body, mind and spirit.

You show special compassion for alcoholics and drug addicts. You have freed so many people from their dependencies. Free me also, I beg you, dear Father Alfred, and free those people I recommend to you, especially members of my family.

I come to you with confidence. I pray for myself and for all those who are dear to me. Come also to the assistance of the Church and of the whole world. Amen

“Love of the Next One” by Joseph Passerat

If there is anyone I do not love

I do not have “the love of the next one”

If I love “the next one”, I love God.

The appropriate line of conduct in loving my “ next one” is to have neither in my actions, nor in my ways, neither in my thoughts, nor in my words, something that, if her were to know if it could displease him.

I might not love the wrong committed by “the next one” but must distinguish it from his true person, which I must love.

O God, all powerful, grant me the gift of the love of “the next one”.

Prayer in Honour of Blessed Methodius Dominic Trcka

Lord our God, you gave to Blessed Methodius your priest and martyr outstanding bravery in the face of trials and torture.
Through his intercession, may we remain faithful to the Gospel of truth.

We make this prayer through Our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God for ever and ever. Amen

Prayer in Honour of the Redemptorist Ukrainian Martyrs

O Lord, our God, you call all to believe in you and to follow in your way. We thank you for the grace you gave to Nicholas Charnetsky, Vasyl Velchkovsky, Zenon Kovalyk and Ivan Ziatyk and to all their spiritual companions, such that they were able to pay the ultimate price of faithfulness to you in giving their lives.

We thank you for glorifying them in your heavenly kingdom, that they may be for all of us a shining example of your powerful presence in our lives. We pray that you give us the grace of faithfulness and generosity as we seek you respond to your love. Through their intercession, help us always to stand firm in the Truth and be faithful to you and your commandments.

O Holy Mother of God and our Mother of Perpetual Help, lead us to your Son, Jesus. Give us the courage to follow him always. We place ourselves under your protection.

For all the glory and honour belong to you, Almighty Father, Eternal Son, and Life-giving Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen

Prayer 1 in Honour of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos

O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer, let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight. I offer to you the grace you have bestowed on your humble missionary, Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos.

May I have the same joyful vigour that Blessed Seelos possessed during his earthly life to love you deeply and live faithfully your gospel. Amen.

Prayer in Honour of Blessed Gennaro Sarnelli

Holy Redeemer, we place ourselves in your presence confident that you are a loving and merciful God. You walk with us by day and night as we strive to proclaim your gospel with compassion to people who are poor and abandoned. As we reach out to those most in need, we look to Blessed Gennaro Sarnelli as a model and help. His ardent desire was to bring people on the fringes of society and Church to a deeper knowledge and love of you. We pray that his zeal will inspire and motivate us to share your redemption with those who are marginalised. We especially remember people who make decisions that lead to destructive and addictive behaviours. May our choices be those of Blessed Sarnelli, who continually lived the gospel in spite of adversity and opposition. We ask his help, that our commitment may not shrink for lack of support or favour, for as we become one with those who are outcast, we become one with you Amen.

Prayer in Honour of Blessed Kaspar Stanggassinger

Almighty and eternal God, you gave Blessed Kaspar the grace to announce the faith with joy and to dedicate himself to the formation of candidates to the priesthood. Grant through his intercession that we may follow his example and cooperate with the divine Redeemer in word and in deed. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, you Son, who live and reigns with you and teh Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer in Honour of Blessed Peter Donders

Healing God, you showed your wonderful mercy toward lepers through Blessed Peter Donders, your priest. By his example and prayers, may we serve you through our loving care for those in greatest need. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever. Amen

Saint John Neumann is the patron of sick children and immigrants

Prayer in Honour of Saint John Neumann

God of the Journey, through the intercession of St. John Neumann, patron of immigrants, we pray for those who leave their homelands longing for freedom and new opportunities.

May they recognise you as their travelling companion and find a welcome awaiting them.

We make this prayer in the name of Jesus. Amen.