Let the watchful care of blessed Charles, Thy Confessor and Pontiff, continue to be a protection unto Thy Church: that even as his pastoral solicitude brought him glory, so his intercession may ever keep us fervent in Thy love…

O God, who wert pleased to make Thy blessed Apostles Simon and Jude a means of bringing us to the knowledge of Thy Name: grant that, by endeavouring to advance in all good, we may both worthily celebrate their everlasting glory and, by so celebrating it, increase our advance…

Let Thy holy Evangelist Luke intercede for us, we beseech Thee, O Lord: he who, for the honour of Thy Name, ever bore in his body the mortification of the Cross. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

O seraphic Virgin, St. Teresa, beloved Spouse of the Crucified, thou who didst burn with such ardent love whilst on earth for thy God and mine, and who art now inflamed with an even purer and greater love in heaven; who didst always long to see Him loved by all men…

O, my God, I will put myself without reserve into Thy hands. Wealth or woe, joy or sorrow, friends or bereavement, honour or humiliation, good report or ill report, comfort or discomfort, Thy presence or the hiding of Thy countenance, all is good if it comes from Thee…

I beseech Thee, O Lord, that the fiery and sweet strength of Thy love may absorb my soul from all things that are under heaven, that I may die for love of Thy love as Thou didst deign to die for love of my love…

O God, who in Thine ineffable providence hast deigned to send Thy holy angels to watch over us: vouchsafe to us Thy suppliants in all our days to find safety in their protection, and in eternity to share their happiness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord, who hast said: Unless you become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven: grant us, we beseech Thee, so to follow in humility and simplicity of heart the footsteps of the holy virgin Thérèse, that we may attain to everlasting rewards…

O God, who in blessed Jerome Thy Confessor wast pleased to provide for Thy Church a most great teacher for the expounding of Holy Writ: grant, we beseech Thee, that, his merits interceding, that which he both by word and work did teach, we, by Thy help, may be able to put into practice…

O God, who in a wondrous order disposest the ministry of Angels and of men: mercifully grant that they who, ministering, ever stand before Thee in heaven, may protect our lives upon earth…

O glorious St. Vincent, heavenly patron of all associations of charity and father of all the miserable, who during thy life never rejected anyone who had recourse to thee: ah! behold by how many evils we are afflicted, and come to our assistance…

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God…

O most high, almighty, good Lord God, to Thee belong praise, glory, honour, and all blessing! Praised be my Lord God with all His creatures, and specially our brother the sun, who brings us the day and who brings us the light…

Almighty, everlasting God, who choosest the weak things of the world to confound the strong: mercifully grant that we who celebrate the solemnity of blessed Agnes, Thy Virgin and Martyr, may experience her patronage with Thee. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

To thee, O blessed Joseph, do we have recourse in our tribulation, and having implored the help of thy thrice-holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also…

Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home; Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me on…

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connexion between persons…

St. Peregrine, faithful servant of God, who were healed of a grievous wound after a night of prayer before the Crucified, intercede for all who suffer from cancer and serious illness. Obtain for them strength, patience, and, if it be God's will, healing of body, and above all peace of soul…

O God, who dost gladden us by the yearly festival of blessed Cecilia, Thy Virgin and Martyr: grant that as we venerate her in our worship, so we may follow the example of her godly life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver thee from ailments of the throat and from every other evil. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.