A Devout Exercise
The faithful who on Tuesday of each week spend some time in devout meditations or prayers in honor of St. Dominic or perform some other act of piety, with the intention of repeating this act of homage for fifteen continuous Tuesdays, may obtain: A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions (S.C. Holy Office, May 6, 1915 and Nov. 25, 1519; S.P. Ap., May 20, 1935).
Prayers
I. O glorious Saint Dominic, thou who wast a model of mortification and purity, by punishing thy innocent body with scourges, with fasting and with watchings, and by keeping inviolate the lily of thy virginity, obtain for us the grace to practise penance with a generous heart and to keep unspotted the purity of our bodies and our hearts.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.
II. O great Saint, who, inflamed with divine love, didst find thy delight in prayer and intimate union with God; obtain for us to be faithful in our daily prayers, to love Our Lord ardently, and to observe His commandments with ever increasing fidelity.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.
III. O glorious Saint Dominic, who, being filled with zeal for the salvation of souls, didst preach the Gospel in season and out of season and didst establish the Order of Friars Preachers to labor for the conversion of heretics and poor sinners, pray thou to God for us, that He may grant us to love all our brethren soncerely and to cooperate always, by our prayers and good works, in their sanctification and eternal salvation.
Our Father, Hail May, Glory be.
V. Pray for us, saint Dominic,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promise of Christ.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who are weighed down by the burden of our sins may be raised up by the patronage of blessed Dominic They Confessor, Through Christ our Lord, Amen
An indulgence of 300 days.
A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, when theses prayers together with versicle and prayer have been recited daily for a month (S.C. Ind., July 21, 1883; S.P. Ap., Marc. 16, 1934 and June 2, 1943).
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Saint Catharine of Siena - Primary Patron of Italy
O Saint Catharine, thou lily of virginity and rose of charity who didst adorn the garden of Saint Dominic, heroine of Christian zeal who wast chosen like Saint Francis to be the special Patron of Italy, to thee we have recourse with confidence, invoking thy mighty protection upon ourselves and upon the whole Church of Christ, thy Beloved, in whose Heart thou didst drink of the inexhaustible fountain of all grace and all peace for thee and for the world. From that divine Heart thou didst draw the living water of virtue and concord in families, of upright conduct in young people, of union among the discordant nations, of renewal of public morality and of brotherly love, which is compassionate and benevolent towards the unfortunate and suffering, and didst teach us by thy example how to unite the love of Christ with the love of country.
If thou loves the land of Italy and its people entrusted to thee, if pity for us moves thee, if that tomb is dear to thee in which Rome venerates and honors they virginal remains, oh! graciously turn thine eyes and the favor upon our pain and upon our prayer, and fulfil our desires.
Defend, assist, and comfort thy fatherland and the world. Under thy protection and thy guidance be the sons and daughters of Italy, our hearts and our minds, our labors and our hopes, our faith and our love; that faith and that love which formed thy very life and made thee the living image of Christ crucified in thy intrepid zeal for His Spouse, Holy Church.
O heroic and holy messenger of union and peace for the Church of Christ, thou who didst restore the successor of Peter to the Apostolic Roman See in the splendor of its authority and teaching office, protect and console him in his paternal and universal solicitude, in his anxious cares and in his counsels for the salvation and the tranquility of the peoples of the earth; revive, preserve, and increase in us and in all faithful Christians, O heavenly Patroness, the affection and the filial submission which thou didst cherish for him and for the fold of Christ in a world at peace. Amen (Pope Pius XII)
An indulgence of 500 days.
A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this prayer is devoutly recited every day for a month (Pius XII, Rescript in his own hand, March 7, 1942, document exhibited, March 24, 1942; S.P. Ap., June 8, 1949).
If thou loves the land of Italy and its people entrusted to thee, if pity for us moves thee, if that tomb is dear to thee in which Rome venerates and honors they virginal remains, oh! graciously turn thine eyes and the favor upon our pain and upon our prayer, and fulfil our desires.
Defend, assist, and comfort thy fatherland and the world. Under thy protection and thy guidance be the sons and daughters of Italy, our hearts and our minds, our labors and our hopes, our faith and our love; that faith and that love which formed thy very life and made thee the living image of Christ crucified in thy intrepid zeal for His Spouse, Holy Church.
O heroic and holy messenger of union and peace for the Church of Christ, thou who didst restore the successor of Peter to the Apostolic Roman See in the splendor of its authority and teaching office, protect and console him in his paternal and universal solicitude, in his anxious cares and in his counsels for the salvation and the tranquility of the peoples of the earth; revive, preserve, and increase in us and in all faithful Christians, O heavenly Patroness, the affection and the filial submission which thou didst cherish for him and for the fold of Christ in a world at peace. Amen (Pope Pius XII)
An indulgence of 500 days.
A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this prayer is devoutly recited every day for a month (Pius XII, Rescript in his own hand, March 7, 1942, document exhibited, March 24, 1942; S.P. Ap., June 8, 1949).
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