Jun 30, 2023
O missionary of the New World
inspired to leave your classroom
and go forth to win souls for Christ,
despite continuous battles
with cold and hunger
and long journeys with an injured leg,
praying throughout the night
you persevered and stayed
with the thousands you baptized
into the fold of Mother Church,
bringing them not only the gift of faith
but better living conditions as well;
fighting ever against the military powers
that would have brought only slaughter,
you gained rights for these natives
in the missions of California –
pray we shall have
the same zeal for souls
that, thinking not of ourselves
and without concern for any suffering,
we may bear the image of our Lord
to the ends of the earth
so all might come to salvation.