Sep 26, 2023
O blessed help of the poor,
slave to widows and orphans
and all those most outcast
and in need,
the least of Christ’s brothers
you indeed gave your life to serve,
completely spending yourself
in their assistance
and leading your own brother priests
to do the same…
and so Christ Himself you waited upon
day in and day out
upon this earth –
pray that we, too, shall be like Jesus,
filled with compassion
for the needs of our neighbors,
sharing their poverty
as we empty ourselves as the Lord has done.
May all our prayers and desires
lead to such charity for the plight of others,
that we might fulfill with you
our Savior’s call to the Cross
and come, therefore, to the riches of Heaven.