PRAYER TO SAINT BENEDICT

Glorious Saint Benedict,

Sublime model of all virtues,

Pure vessel of God’s grace,

Behold me humbly kneeling at your feet.

I implore your loving heart

To pray for me

Before the throne of God.

To you I have recourse

In all the dangers

Which daily surround me.

Shield me against my enemies;

Inspire me to imitate you

In all things.

May your blessings

Be with me always,

So that I may shun

Whatever God forbids

And avoid the occasions of sin.

Graciously obtain

For me from God

The favors and graces

Of which I stand

So much in need

In the trials, miseries

and afflictions of life.

Your heart

Was always so full of love,

Compassion and mercy

Towards those who were afflicted

Or troubled in any way.

You never dismissed

Without consolation and assistance

Anyone who had recourse to you.

I therefore invoke

Your powerful intercession,

In confident hope

That you will hear my prayers

And obtain for me the special grace

And favor I so earnestly implore,

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If it be for the greater glory of God

and the welfare of my soul.

Help me, O great St. Benedict,

To live and die

As a faithful child of God,

To be ever submissive

to His Holy Will, and so obtain

The eternal happiness of heaven.

Amen.