Are We There Yet?: Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis of Asissi

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis of Asissi

St. Francis of Assisi's vocation prayer

Most High, Glorious God,

enlighten the darkness of our minds.

Give us a right faith, a firm hope and a perfect charity,

so that we may always and in all things act according to Your Holy Will.

Amen.

Click on the title for the biography of this great saint, and go here for more prayers of St. Francis!

2 comments:

Laura said...: And thank you once again. Because of this reminder, I ended up discussing stigmatas with my class today for about 20 minutes. Then we said The Prayer of St.Francis together.
(Cuz' I love it.); September 17, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Shosannah said...: I love Saint Francis and have always been drawn to Franciscan spirituality!
I love the simplicity and beauty of Saint Francis's prayers.
Thanks for sharing these links :0)
Blessings and Love
Suzy; September 17, 2008 at 5:47 PM

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Especially let the choice be of one who is a fervent Catholic, true in thought and word and deed to those ideals which are Yours, especially the value of their purity.

Dear Father of us all, give Your guiding help to our children, who are Your children, too. We will be letting them go soon, but please don't ever let our children go from you. Amen

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O, St. Joseph...

...whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in thee all my interests and desires. O, St. Joseph, do assist me by thy powerful intercession and obtain for me from thy Divine Son all spiritual blessings; so that having engaged here below thy Heavenly power I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers. O, St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating thee and Jesus asleep in thy arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near thy heart. Press Him in my name, and kiss His fine Head for me, and ask Him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen.