PRAYER TO ST. ROCH AND ST. SEBASTIAN St. Roch and St. Sebastian, pray for us and preserve us from all contagious diseases. (This invocation may be recited after each decade of the Rosary, following the prayer of Our Lady of Fatima, "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins....") DEVOTION TO ST. ROCH PRAYER AGAINST SICKNESS
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In 1854, Pietrelcina was suffering from a terrible cholera plague. Finally, the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Libera (meaning Our Lady of Liberty or Deliverance) was taken on procession through the town, in hopes that death, like the Byzantine Greek armies of 650 A.D., would flee before her. Our Lady heard the prayers of the people. From that moment, the plague disappeared. |
O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of God, powerful Queen of Heaven and earth, Mother filled with love for all redeemed by Jesus, I come before you as your child, to humbly ask your help and guidance.
O Mother mine, see how great are the dangers, both spiritual and material, how many temptations and how many weaknesses sadden my soul. You know the cares and anxieties of my heart, the needs and fears that fill my soul.
O Mary, Holy Mother, liberated by God from all the miseries of the children of Eve, do not deny me your help. Be my Liberator from the assaults and seductions of this world. Beg for me the grace to persevere in doing good, and to love God above all things. Make present in my soul Jesus your Son, so that He may be my love in life, my hope in death and my happiness for all eternity. Amen.
A PRAYER IN TIME OF AFFLICTION, WARS,
PESTILENCE, ETC.
Francis John Bartholomew, a Passionist Monk of SS. John and Paul at Rome, a most holy man, and who had frequent revelations, once saying Mass, thought of the scourges about to fall on the world – wars, famine, pestilence, etc. – when the following prayer was revealed to him. He was told that whosoever recited it, with devotion, would be preserved from all dangers, with which the whole world will be visited.
O Jesus, Divine Redeemer, be merciful unto us and the whole world. Amen.
O Powerful God! O Holy God! O Immortal God! Have pity on us, and on all that are in the whole world. Amen.
Pardon and mercy, O my Jesus! During these present dangers, pour on us Thy most Precious Blood. Amen.
O Eternal Father! Be merciful to us; by the Blood of Jesus Christ, Thine only Son, be merciful to us, we beseech Thee. Amen. Amen. Amen.
O God, be appeased by the supplications we address to Thee, and through the intercession of the ever Blessed Virgin Mary, the glorious St. Joseph, and all the Saints, defend us from all dangers, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER TO ST. CORONA IN A TIME OF EPIDEMIC
Lord Jesus Christ, Thou came into this world for our salvation. Look kindly on us now, we pray, that we, and all those who serve Thee, might be kept safe from this epidemic.
Heal those who are sick, comfort the suffering, bring back those who have gone astray, and above all, increase our faith, O Lord.
Give us the grace to follow Thee and, like the martyr St. Corona, who gave her life for love of Thee, to take up our crosses daily without fear or hesitation.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Amen.
St. Corona, patroness of epidemic victims, pray for us.
A PRAYER FOR GOD'S MERCY
Almighty God, You who forgive the sins of your people and heal all their faults, You who call the Lord our healer and sent Your beloved Son to bear our sickness, look upon us who stand humbly before You.
We pray to You in this time of plague and need; remember Your love and kindness that You have always shown to Your people in times of tribulation.
Just as You graciously looked upon Aaron's atonement and stopped the plague that broke out, just as You accepted David's sacrifice and commanded the destroying angel to withdraw his hand, accept also today our prayer and sacrifice and show us mercy.
Keep this disease away from us, allow those affected to be healed, protect those who have been preserved from it so far by Your goodness, and do not let the plague spread any further. Amen.
Holy Mary, health of the sick, pray for us.
Saint Corona, pray for us.
Saint Sebastian, pray for us.
Saint Roch, pray for us.
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