Feast Days

Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

O God, who taught the whole world through the preaching of the Blessed Apostle St. Paul, draw us, we pray, nearer to you through the example of him whose conversion we celebrate today, and so make us witnesses to Your truth in the world.  Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

O Blessed Trinity, you filled the heart of your Servant Benedict with great love and zeal in building up your kingdom.  You chose him and gave him courage and strength to stan up for his faith without fear and bear witness unto death.

Loving God, like him, may I always proclaim the truth of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ by the witness of my life.  Keep me from evil spirits.  Make me a true Apostle of Life in my family and in society. 

Father, through his intercession, and according to your will, grant me the grace that I ask of you.  I draw strength and courage from the life of your Servant Benedict in the hope that he will be proposed to the faithful for veneration and as an intercessor and model of holiness.  Through Christ our Lord.  Amen 

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Blesses St. Joseph, husband of Mary, be with us this day.  You protected and cherished the Virgin; loving the Child Jesus as your Son, you rescued Him from the danger of death.  Defend the Church, the household of God, purchased by the blood of Christ. 

Guardian of the Holy Family, be with us in our trials.  May your prayers obtain for us the strength to flee from error and wrestle with the powers of corruption so that in life we may grow in holiness ans in death rejoice in the crown of victory.  Amen

Blesses St. Joseph, husband of Mary, be with us this day.  You protected and cherished the Virgin; loving the Child Jesus as your Son, you rescued Him from the danger of death.  Defend the Church, the household of God, purchased by the blood of Christ. 

Guardian of the Holy Family, be with us in our trials.  May your prayers obtain for us the strength to flee from error and wrestle with the powers of corruption so that in life we may grow in holiness ans in death rejoice in the crown of victory.  Amen

Our Lady of Africa, mother of the human family, be mindful of your African children, at home and dispersed on other continents.

You who are full of grace, look upon all those who do not know Jesus, the Son sent by the Father.  May His light draw them and make them receptive to the gift of Faith.

You who are one with Christ in suffering and in glory, be mindful of those assailed by trials, that they may discover His liberating Passover, and live by it in hope.

You who turned to Jesus when the wine of joy ran out, be mindful of peoples in distress, that justice and peace may prevail, in a united world where charity prevails. 

You, who, in the midst of the Apostles, received the breath of the Spirit, be mindful of the apostles of today.  May the announce the Word with assurance and proclaim it by their lives.  May young people hear the call of Christ and follow Him with joy. 

Our Lady of Africa, Queen of the universe, be mindful of humanity on the way.  May Christ your Son, gather all peoples in the unity of His Spirit, to the glory of the Father, for ages to come.  Amen

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Most Holy Virgin, you appeared at Fatima and revealed, to the three little shepherds, the treasures of graces hidden in the reciting of the Rosary.

Inspire our hearts with a sincere love of this devotion, so that by meditating on the mysteries of our redemption, we may gather its fruits and obtain the conversion of sinners, and the conversion of non-believers throughout the world.

Source: Novena to Our Lady of Fatima

I thank you, merciful Jesus, for having given us Mary, our Mother.  And I thank you, O Mary, for having given to the world the Divine Master, Jesus, Way, Truth and Life, and for having accepted us all as your children of Calvary. 

Your mission is united to that if Jesus, who “came to seek those who were lost.”  Therefore, oppressed by my sins, faults and negligence, I take refuge in you, O Mother, as my supreme hope.  Turn your eyes of mercy toward me.  Bestow your most maternal care upon this, your most needy child.

I place all my trust in you for pardon, conversion, and sanctity.  Form a new class among your children: that of the neediest, in whom sin abounds, where formerly grace abounded.  This will be the class that will most move you to pity.  Receive my poor soul into this class.  Work a great wonder by changing a great sinner into an apostle.  It will be an unheard-of wonder, and a new glory for your Son, Jesus, and for you, His and my Mother. 

I hope to receive everything from your heart, O Mother, Teacher, and Queen of the Apostles.  Amen

source: Pauline Prayer Book

Dear Lord, we thank You for the virtue and example of Your martyr, St. Charles Lwanga and his Companions. Help us to imitate the deep love for Your Church that inspired them to spread the Catholic faith  to others.

St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, you lived in a society that was hostile to the Catholic faith. Your ruler was violently opposed to Christianity. He did all he could to stop you from handing on the Catholic faith to others.

Despite the threat of suffering and death, you did not hesitate to teach others about Christ and bring them into His Church. You continued to preach the Gospel and lead others to God, even though doing so would lead to your death.

Pray for me, that I may have courage and devotion like yours.

Please also pray for (mention your intentions here).

St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, pray for us!

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Lord Jesus, I profess and believe that you are the Christ the Son of the living God.  You are my Lord and my Saviour who has set me free from sin and deception.  Make my faith strong like the Apostles Peter and Paul, and give me boldness to speak of you to other that they come to know you as Lord and Saviour.  Amen

O Holy Apostle, who wish your teachings and with your charity taught the entire world, look kindly upon us, your children and disciples. 

We expect everything from your prayers to the Divine Master and to Mary, Queen of the Apostles.  Grant, O Doctor of the Gentiles, that we may live by faith, save ourselves by hope, and that charity alone reign on us.  Obtain for us, O vessel of election, docile correspondence to divine grace, so that it may not remain unfruitful in us.  Grant that we may ever better know you, love you and imitate you; that we may be living members of the Church, the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ.  Raise up many and holy apostles.  May the warm breath of true charity permeate the entire world.  Grant that all may know ab glorify God and the Divine Master, Way, Truth and Life.

Lord Jesus, you know we have no faith in our own powers.  In your mercy, grant that we may be defended against all adversity through the powerful intercession of St Paul our Teacher and Father.

O Glorious St. Thomas, your grief for Jesus was such that it would not let you believe that he had rises unless you actually saw Him and touched His wounds.  But your love for Jesus was equally great and it led you to give up your life for Him.  Pray for us that we may grieve for our own sins which were the cause of Christ’s sufferings.  Help us to spend ourselves in His service and so earn the title of “blessed” which Jesus applied to those who would believe Him without seeing Him.  Amen.

Merciful and forgiving Father,

you filled your servant Isidore Bakanja

with the gifts of prayer and witness

and inspired him to heroic patience and pardon

in his atrocious sufferings.

By the grace of Your Holy Spirit,

grant us Your gifts of reconciliation

and perseverance in the faith,

and lead us on the way of justice and peace.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, forever and ever.

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O Jesus, Saint Bartholomew’s great desire was to know the truth.  When first informed about You, his initial reaction was “How can anything good come from Nazareth?”  But as soon as he met You, he wanted to become one of your disciples.  You said to him “Here is a man in whom there is no deception.”  I ask him to pray against the deceptions that are influencing me and the people I know.  Help us to experience Your affirmation when we are honest, give us courage to resist lying as a means of self-protection, and inspire our minds to recognize the truth when we hear it.  Amen

Source: Dominus Est 

The Pauline Family was raised up by St Paul to cintinue his works; it is St Paul living today - but today he is composed of many members. We have not chosen St Paul; it is he who has chosen and called us. He wants us to do that which he would do if he were living today. 

Lord God, who in your love for the human race chose and sent Paul to Apostle to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ who died and rose again, grant that we who honor him as our inspirer and father, may imitate him in bringing the word of salvation to the peole of our times. We ask this through Christ. Amen

Source: Liturgy of the Pauline Family

Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Look down upon me or kind and gentle Jesus, while before Thy face I humbly kneel and, with burning soul, pray and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope and charity; true contrition of my sins and firm purpose of amendment.  While I contemplate, with great love and tender pity, they five most precious wounds, pondering over them within me, and calling to mind the words, Thy prophet, said of Thee, my Jesus: “They have pierced My hands and My feet, they have numbered my bones.” Amen

Heavenly King, You have given us archangels

to assist us during our pilgrimage on earth.

Saint Michael is our protector;

I ask him to come to my aid,

fight for all my loved ones,

and protect us from danger.

Saint Gabriel is a messenger of the Good News;

I ask him to help me

clearly hear Your voice

and to teach me the truth.

Saint Raphael is the healing angel;

I ask him to take my need for healing

and that of everyone I know,

lift it up to Your throne of grace

and deliver back to us the gift of recovery.

Help us, O Lord,

to realize more fully the reality of the archangels

and their desire to serve us.

Holy angels, pray for us.

Amen.

Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Most Holy Trinity, you have given Blessed Timothy Giaccardo the gift of living the heroic path of following Christ in the spirit of St. Paul the Apostle and under the gaze of Mary, Queen of Apostles.  You willed to unite him with the charism of Blessed James Alberione as his first priest and most faithful disciple.   I beg you to glorify him on earth by granting me the grace I now ask...

And you, Blessed Timothy, unite with my prayer your powerful intercession so that the instruments of social communication may always promote what is good and help in making Jesus Master, Way, Truth and Life known, loved and followed by all. Amen.

Glory to the Father...

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Jesus Master, sanctify my mind and increase my faith. 

Jesus, teaching in the Church, draw everyone to your school.

Jesus Master, deliver me from error, from vain thoughts, and from eternal darkness.

Jesus, Way between the Father and us, I offer you all and await all from you.

Jesus, Way of sanctity, make me your faithful imitator.

Jesus Way, render me perfect as the Father who is in heaven.

Jesus Life, live in me, so that I may live in you.

Jesus Life, do not permit me to separate myself from you.

Jesus 

life, grant that I may live eternally in the joy of your love.

Jesus Truth, may I be light for the world.

Jesus Way, may I be example and model for souls.

Jesus Life, may my presence bring grace and consolation everywhere.

Amen.

Source: Pauline Prayer Book

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, 

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace. Amen.

Holy Trinity, which you wanted to revive in the Church

the apostolic charism of Saint Paul,

revealing yourself in the light of the Eucharist to Blessed James Alberione,

founder of the Pauline Family,

let the presence of Jesus Christ Master, Way, Truth and Life,

radiate in the world through Mary, Queen of the Apostles.

Glorify this apostle of the new evangelization in your Church,

and inspire men and women open to the "signs of the times" who, following his example,

work with the modern means of communication

to lead all of humanity to you.

And through the intercession of Blessed James,

grant me the grace that I ask of you now... Amen.

Glory to the Father...

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Most Holy Trinity, in communion with the whole Church, I thank you for the

abundant graces you have given to Blessed Sister Mary Clementine Anuarite

Nengapeta, model of obedience and fidelity to the vow of chastity to the point of

sacrificing her young life. By following her example, grant me the grace to listen

constantly to the Word of God and in generous service to others. May you deem, O

Lord, to glorify in the Church your faithful Servant as Virgin and Martyr. Through

her intercession, grant me the grace I now ask… Mary, Queen of Martyrs,

recommended with maternal affections my supplications to your Son Jesus.

Glory to the Father... 

Source: paulus.net

Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Lord God, from You every family in Heaven and on earth takes its name.  Father, you are love and life.  Through your Son, Jesus Christ, born of woman and through the Holy Spirit, the fountain of divine charity, grant that every family on earth may become, for each successive generation, a true shrine of life and love.  Grant that your grace, may guide the thoughts and actions of husbands and wives for the good of their families and all the families in the world.  Grant that the young may find in the family solid support for their human dignity and for their growth in truth and love.  Grant that love, strengthened by the grace of the sacrament of marriage, may prove mightier than all the weaknesses and trials through which our families sometimes pass.  Through the intercession of the Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that the Church may fruitfully carry out her worldwide mission in the family and through the family.  We ask this of You, Who is life, truth and love with the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen

Source: St Pope John Paul