PRAYERS TO THE APOSTLES OF CHRIST
1. Prayers to the apostles
1.1 - Prayer to Saint Andrew
1.2 - Prayer to Saint Bartholomew
1.3 - Prayer to Saint Philip
1.4 - Prayer to Saint John the Evangelist
1.5 - Prayer to Saint Judas Thaddeus
1.6 - Prayer to Saint Mary Magdalene
1.7 - Prayer to Saint Matthew
1.8 - Prayer to Saint Paul
1.9 - Prayer to Saint Simon
1.10 - Prayer to St. James the Minor
1.11 - Prayer to Saint James the Greater
1.1 - Prayer to Saint Andrew
St. Andrew, Apostle of Jesus Christ, who knew the demand and the joy of his first call, gives us the grace to respond to him with the same fidelity, to serve Him each day in the place that He has chosen for us.
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You who distributed the bread that the Lord multiplied in your hands to the hungry crowd, obtain the same miracle for our poverty. Make us hope for God's help with the invincible hope of love, concerned only with the advent of his Kingdom.
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Witness to the good news that your voice took to the ends of the earth, preserve in the apostles of our time this living faith that transports mountains and builds the Kingdom.
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Martyr of your testimony, grant us the grace of union with the Cross of Jesus Christ; may it be the joy of our life and the pledge of our resurrection in the clarity of God.
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Amen!
1.2 - Prayer to Saint Bartholomew
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Glorious Saint Bartholomew, sublime model of virtue and pure bottle of the Lord's graces! Protect this servant of yours who humbly kneels at your feet and begs you to be kind enough to ask for me at the Lord's throne.
Saint Barthélemy, use all resources to protect me from the dangers that daily surround me! Throw your protective shield around me and protect me from my selfishness and my indifference to God and my neighbor. Saint Barthélemy, inspire me to imitate him in all my actions.
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Pour out your graces on me so that I can serve and see Christ in others and work for Your greatest glory. Graciously obtain from God the favors and graces that I need so much, in my miseries and afflictions of life.
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I here invoke your powerful intercession, confident in the hope that you will hear my prayers and that you will obtain for me this special grace and favor that I claim from your brotherly power and kindness, and with all my soul I implore you to grant me grace:
(mention here the desired grace)
and yet the grace of my soul's salvation and that I may live and die as a child of God, reaching the sweetness of Your love and eternal happiness.
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Amen!
1.3 - Prayer to Saint Philip
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Glorious St. Philip, for whom praise was never important, not even the esteem of men, make my Lord and Savior also grant me this virtue through your intercession.
So haughty are my thoughts, so disdainful are my words, so ambitious are my works. Ask me for the humility you had, get me the knowledge of my insignificance, so that I can rejoice when I am despised and always try to be great only in the eyes of my God.
Amen!
1.4 - Prayer to Saint John the Evangelist
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Blessed evangelist Saint John, I remind you of the tender and profound friendship that Jesus, our Lord, felt for you. I remind you of your friendship with Jesus, Our Lord, on whose breast you bowed your head at Holy Supper. I ask you for the grace of having good and faithful friends and of avoiding or turning away false, perjure and hypocritical friends, or of bad habits. Grant me the grace to always preserve faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ. So be it.
São João Evangelista, be my refuge.
Saint John the Evangelist, protect me and guide me.
Saint John the Evangelist, support me.
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Amen!
1.5 - Prayer to Saint Judas Thaddeus
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In the most desperate hours of my life, I count on your help, my good São Judas, who softens my steps in these harsh paths, in the most painful struggles, in the discomfort of my days, in the absence of pleasures and, on the contrary, living only with the suffering of so many evils that routinely accompany me.
I ask you, my beloved Saint Judas Thaddeus, to never forsake me and protect me from injuries and slander, from the petty attacks of my enemies hidden in the darkness of the night, under the cloak of evil.
You, who are the saint of the desperate, look after me and pray to our Lord Jesus Christ that my life will take the right direction and that I will not get lost in disappointment and pain.
Amen!
1.6 - Prayer to Saint Mary Magdalene
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Saint Mary Magdalene, the Almighty God, whose Son has purified you body and soul, you have been called to be a witness of His resurrection. You have been mercifully granted the grace to be purified from all physical and moral illnesses. Make me, too, a poor sinner, to know the power of infinite life.
Bring to me the blessing of the Holy Spirit who lives and reigns, the power of the one God and His Son Jesus Christ. Now and forever.
Amen!
1.7 - Prayer to Saint Matthew
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St. Matthew, who left wealth to enthusiastically follow the call of Faith, thus making poverty a hymn of praise to Jesus, intercede for me.
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You, who have heard the words of the Master: “Do not assemble for yourself the treasures of the earth, where the moth and the weevil destroy them, and where the thieves break in and steal, but gather for yourselves the treasures of the heavens!”
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Teach me, Saint Matthew, the true value of things. I protected what is mine and my family's from greed and the reach of others. Finally, teach me to gather treasures in Heaven and to serve God.
Amen!
1.8 - Prayer to Saint Paul
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O São Paulo, Apostle of the people, look with love for our time.
Your heart was enlarged to welcome and embrace all peoples in a haven of peace.
Christ's charity impels us to enlighten all people with the light of the Gospel and to establish the Kingdom of Love.
Give rise to vocations; animate the workers of the Gospel; let everyone know and love Jesus Christ.
May all peoples find in Christ the Way, the Truth and the Life, let their light shine in the world, and always seek the Kingdom of God and his justice.
O Holy Apostle, preacher of the Gospel, make us enlightened by the faith that you proclaimed before kings and nations, and that the Church of Jesus Christ will always manifest itself as the mother and teacher of all peoples.
Amen!
1.9 - Prayer to Saint Simon
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Simon, an apostle of Jesus, enter my heart, enlighten my life with the light of your faith. Teach me, like you, to love Jesus and to follow his laws of love, charity and truth. Put peace and patience in my heart, and balance my spirit.
O St. Simon the Apostle, make me always make the right decisions, get rid of doubts and uncertainties, make it possible for me to understand and serve my neighbor. São Simão, I (say your full name) I ask you (make your request).
It clarifies my soul if this is the best for me. And if not, give me the understanding to accept God's designs.
Amen!
1.10 - Prayer to James Minor
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Lord Jesus, as I contemplate the life of your apostle James, I again feel your infinite love. It is difficult, Lord, to know the life history of your apostles properly, for it is your love that is told and makes life happen. The other things, however important, are fleeting.
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Help me, Lord, to understand that life is surrender, it is donation, it is service. Do not let me be seduced by the passing things and do not let me take you in other ways. Sign my life in your life. Give me the courage of your apostles.
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Saint James, help me to follow Jesus!
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Amen!
1.11 - Prayer to Tiago Maior
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Apostle Saint James Major, chosen among the first, you were the first to drink from the Lord's cup and you are the great protector of the pilgrims, intercede with God for me, make me strong in faith and joyful in hope.
In the ways of my life (make your request) I helped myself without delay and in my pilgrim journey, following the way of the life of Christ, I strengthened myself and supported myself so that I could at last achieve the glory of God the Father.
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Amen!