THE CANTICLE OF THE SUN

Saint Francis of Assisi (Feast, October 4)

Most high, all powerful, good Lord, to You be praise, glory and honor and all blessing.

To You alone, Most High, do they belong, and there is no…

SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI'S PRAYER FOR PEACE (Feast of the Stigmata, September 17)

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. That where there is hatred I may bring love, That where there is wrong--I may bring the spirit of…

The Rosary of Our Lady of Sorrows – The Servite Rosary

Beginning

The Litany of Creation 

8th century Irish litany

I entreat Thee by the tenth order in the compact earth;

I entreat laud-worthy Michael to help me against demons.

Together with Michael I…

Litany of Confession

O Father, O Son, O Holy Spirit, forgive me my sins.

O only-begotten Son of the heavenly Father, forgive.

O one God, O true God, O Chief God, O…

Litany to St. Germaine Cousin de Pibrac composed by Marie-Julie Jahenny (1850-1941).

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who loved solitude. Pray for us.

O sweet and…

Our Lady of La Salette Novena 

Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Remember, dear Lady of La Salette, true Mother of Sorrows, the tears…

1. Make the sign of the cross



2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again.

Oh my God I am heartily sorry for having offended you. I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell. But most…

The Litany of Our Lady of La Salette

Lord, have mercy on us.  Christ, have mercy on us

Lord, have mercy on us, Jesus hear us.  Jesus, grant our petitions

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us…

O Saint Germaine, look down from Heaven and intercede for the many abused children in our world. Help them to sanctify these sufferings. Strengthen children who suffer the effects of living in broken families. Protect those children who have been abandoned by their parents and live in the streets. Beg God's mercy on the parents who abuse their children. Intercede for handicapped children and their parents.…

Blessed Mother of those whose names you can read in my heart, watch over them with every care. Make their way easy and their labours fruitful. Dry their tears if they weep; sanctify their joys; raise their courage if they weaken; restore their hope if they lose heart, their health if they are ill, truth if…

O blessed Virgin, Mother of God, look down in mercy from Heaven, where thou art enthroned as Queen, upon me, a miserable sinner, thine unworthy servant. Although I know full well my own unworthiness, yet in order to…

Hymn

Lord, who before Your praise was heard

Were praised in silence by the Word,

And whom, from all eternity

Your Son has praised sufficiently:

Please deign to be our hallowing,

And we in Christ Your Son will sing,

Then Your poor creatures’ prayers will rise

Sufficient praise before Your…

Hymn

O God, as You by Your pure gift

By grace our nature do uplift,

And make it possible to be

What You, God, are essentially.

We pray You then to hear our prayer,

For it is Christ’s, whose life we share;

And since we share Christ’s nature, we

Can pray, like Christ, almightily.

Through Jesus…

Hymn

Lord, who to share creative life

Created mankind man and wife,

To be with You creators of

The objects of Your endless love;

As Jesus loves the Church His bride,

Let our love be intensified,

Let love of one another be

Our pledge of love eternally.

Through Jesus Christ let this be done,

Who…

Hymn

O Lord, as You by Your command

For all men’s use have made the land,

Yet have allowed man’s wise decree

Rule it be cared for privately;

Let us know that what we control

Is made for mankind as a whole,

And we must an accounting give

Of what God lends us while we live.

Through Jesus Christ…

Hymn

O God, who made man from the slime

According to Your form sublime,

And made Christ share our lowliness

To let us share His holiness:

Be in each brother’s hand a light

To show the path through this dark night,

Be in us each the burning fire

That kindles love and kills desire.

Through Jesus Christ…

Hymn

O God, as Jesus by His birth

Became our fellow man on earth,

And raised man, by His brotherhood,

To His divine similitude:

We beg that we in men may see

The form of Your divinity,

What good for fellow men we do

Accept as being done for You.

Through Jesus Christ let this be done

Who…

Hymn

As we, if we should ride upon

The golden wings (O God) of dawn,

And seek the ends of earth and sky,

Could not escape Your loving eye:

We beg that we by faith may see

Your sweet and fierce ubiquity,

And may deserve at last by grace

To see You always face to face.

Through Jesus Christ let…

Hymn

O Lord, as You have made the earth,

To man and beast have given birth,

Have given sun and rain that thence

The soil might give them sustenance:

We beg You make us willing to

Perform the law we get from You

That work of ours and grace of Yours

May bring…