gathering our prayers and praises into one,
let us together offer the prayer christ himself has taught us,
our father…
Novena to St. Pete
O Holy Apostle,
because you are the Rock upon which
Almighty God has built His Church,
obtain for me I pray you:
lively faith, firm hope, and burning love,
complete detachment from myself,
contempt of the world,
patience in adversity,
humility in prosperity,
recollection in prayer,
purity of heart,
a right intention in all my works,
diligence in fulfilling the duties of my state of life,
constancy in my resolutions,
resignation to the will of God and
perseverance in the grace of God even unto death;
that so, by means of your intercession
and your glorious merits,
I may be made worthy to appear before the
Chief and Eternal Shepherd of Souls, Jesus Christ,
Who with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
lives and reigns forever.
Amen