Prayers
Missionary Saints
1
Prayer to Saint Francis Xavier — patron of the missions
Prayer to the apostle of the Indies and Japan, universal patron of the missions with Saint Thérèse (Pius…
2
Prayer to Saint Patrick — apostle of Ireland (Breastplate)
Prayer to the apostle of Ireland, a slave turned missionary, with the central passage of the Breastplate (Lorica).
3
Prayer to Saint Peter Claver — slave of the slaves
Prayer to the Jesuit who made himself “slave of the slaves” in Cartagena, serving captive Africans for forty…
4
Prayer to Saint Damien of Molokai — apostle of the lepers
Prayer to the Belgian priest who made himself a leper with the lepers of Molokai and died of…
5
Prayer to Saints Cyril and Methodius — apostles of the Slavs
Prayer to the brothers of Thessalonica who evangelised the Slavs and gave them the Scriptures in their own…
6
Prayer to Saint Boniface — apostle of Germany
Prayer to the English monk who evangelised Germania, felled the oak of Thor, and died a martyr in…
7
Prayer to Saint Junípero Serra — apostle of California
Prayer to the Franciscan who founded the first missions of California, with the motto “ever forward, never back.”
8
Prayer to Saint Paul, Apostle of the Gentiles
Prayer to the Apostle of the Gentiles, from persecutor to greatest of missionaries — “all things to all…
9
Prayer to Saint Roque González and companions — martyrs of the reductions
Prayer to the three Jesuit martyrs of the Guaraní reductions, canonised by John Paul II in Asunción (1988).
10
Prayer to Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo — shepherd of the Americas
Prayer to the Archbishop of Lima who crossed Peru on foot, founded the Americas' first seminary, and confirmed…
11
Prayer to Saint Francis Solanus — apostle of South America
Prayer to the Franciscan “wonder-worker of the New World,” who evangelised Peru and Tucumán by word and music.
12
Prayer to Saint Frances Cabrini — patroness of immigrants
Prayer to the first U.S. citizen canonised, patroness of immigrants, sent by Leo XIII “to the West.”