The Form Saints

St. Josephine Bakhita

You gave us the great example of how to live a blessed life with an open heart full of charity.

Pray for us, that we can learn to be forgiving of others.

Help us to be thankful for our freedom and to know that we are only truly free through our faith in God.

Amen

St Maximilian Kolbe

You obeyed the teaching of Christ when he said,

“Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”

Pray for us, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve for the love and service of our neighbour.

Amen.

St Catherine

You asked the Lord to set you on fire with divine love in contemplation and in the service of the Church.

Intercede for us, asking God to give us that same Love, so that we might know Christ and exult in the revelation of His glory.

Amen.

St Oscar Romero

You worked unceasingly to spread God’s message and to struggle against injustice.

Pray that God might work within us, just as He worked in you, so that we may live lives of true justice and mercy.

Amen.

The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make us instruments of your peace:

Where there is hatred, let us sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

Where there is sadness, joy.

Amen.

Saint John Bosco

Father and Teacher of the Young, we pray that you, who always had compassion for those who were suffering, obtain from Jesus and His Heavenly Mother the grace we now request, and help us to better understand and follow the Will of God.

Amen.