Friday, December 30, 2005
A prayer to Venerate any Saint


ETERNAL Father, I wish to honor St. (Name), and I give You thanks for all the graces You have bestowed upon him (her). I ask You to please increase grace in my soul through the merits of this saint, and I commit the end of my life to him (her) by this special prayer, so that by virtue of Your goodness and promise, St. (Name) might be my advocate and provide whatever is needed at that hour. Amen.

PROMISE: "When you wish to honor any particular saint and give Me thanks for all the graces I have bestowed on that saint, I increase grace in your soul through the merits of that saint. When you commit the end of your life to any of the saints by special prayers, I appoint those saints to be your advocates and to provide whatever you need at that hour."-Our Lord to St. Gertrude

From the book: Prayers and Heavenly Promises, Compiled from Approved Sources, by Joan Carroll Cruz.
Image Source: Believed to be in the Public Domain


NOTE: Catholics Don't "worship" saints; we simply honor them for their great lives for Our One Lord, Jesus Christ. We are called to imitate our Lord and the saints give us a model to follow in the imitation of Christ.

8 comment(s):

del_button December 30, 2005 at 2:12 PM
Tom.... said...

thanks for doing this..I was looking up some info on St. John of God...like many of the saints, he would be seen as a nutcase in todays world..thank God we have them. The only real connection to St. John that we have is that he is a patron for firefighters and my son-in- law is a firefighter...but that is good enough for me, since we all pray for Brett everyday as he goes about his most dangerous work.

del_button December 30, 2005 at 2:51 PM
Anonymous said...

Thank you for this. I think it will be very helpful.

del_button December 30, 2005 at 3:00 PM
Matthew said...

I so glad it helped out, Crystal. :)

del_button December 30, 2005 at 4:49 PM
Anonymous said...

Thanks for the drawing and for the prayer!

St. Gabriel sounds like he's right up my alley -- I'll chalk that one to providence! ;-)

Thanks and God bless, you just have found another soon-to-be faithful reader of your blog!

del_button December 30, 2005 at 5:02 PM
Matthew said...

Thank you, Andy. I'd love to have you here as a faithful reader :)

del_button December 30, 2005 at 5:26 PM
Lindsay @ Lindsay Loves said...

Thank you for posting this prayer. I made mine up the first time, but I wasn't quite sure what to say. This will come in handy.

del_button February 26, 2007 at 11:12 AM
Unknown said...

I just want to know does this
prayer to venerate any saints

Can you mention your Intentions
to them?

del_button February 26, 2007 at 12:48 PM
Matthew said...

Certainly.

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