Jan 16, 2022
O father of monks
and all who would give themselves
completely to the Lord,
you who have been so obedient
to the word of God,
to His call
to sell everything,
to renounce all possessions
and follow Him –
how we need your prayers
this day,
when love for material things
possesses our very bodies
and souls,
when prayer...
Jan 12, 2022
O shepherd and doctor
of God’s holy Church,
is this not what you would declare
with all your breath
to the ends of the earth:
“Jesus is the Son of God
and God Himself”?
Would you not proclaim
the true light of Scripture
and the Word, the Light,
become flesh in our midst?
Know, O saint of the Lord,
that your words...
Jan 6, 2022
O redeemer of captive slaves,
those enslaved to sin
and those enslaved
by the clutches of the world –
preach to us this day
the freedom found
under the Cross of Christ
and in the repentance of heart
blessed by the grace
upon the Church.
Teach us well
the path to Heaven,
which is wrought not in comfort and peace
but...
Jan 5, 2022
O friend of the lowly,
humble child of St. Joseph,
servant of the poor
and counsel to the afflicted
through whom the Lord worked miracles…
how He blessed your ignorance
with His wisdom,
your weakness with His strength;
unattached
to this passing world,
you drew souls
to the world to come –
pray we be as poor and...
Jan 4, 2022
O shepherd who walked
in the humble stead
of your flock,
who worked so diligently
among those in your care,
speaking to their hearts;
you who gathered into schools
the little ones,
who saw to the education
of the children…
and all this in a foreign land –
pray for the country in which you ministered,
that its lambs