For my son Kevin, that he may come back to the church, with a softened heart and a strong desire to do God’s will.
For your intentions…
O my Redeemer, will that dreadful time ever come, when but few Christians shall be left
who are inspired by the spirit of faith, that time when Thine anger shall be provoked
and Thy protection shall be take away from us? Have our vices and our evil lives
irrevocably moved Thy justice to take vengeance, perhaps this very day,
upon Thy children?
O Thou, the beginning and end of our faith, we conjure Thee, in the bitterness of our contrite and humbled hearts, not to suffer the fair light of faith to be extinguished in us.
Remember Thy mercies of old, turn Thine eyes in mercy upon the vineyard planted by Thine own right hand, and watered by the sweat of the Apostles, by the precious blood of countless Martyrs and by the tears of so many sincere penitents, and made fruitful by the prayers of so many Confessors and innocent Virgins.
O divine Mediator, look upon those zealous souls who raise their hearts to Thee and pray ceaselessly for the maintenance of that most precious gift of Thine, the true faith. We beseech Thee, O God of justice, to hold back the decree of our rejection, and to turn away Thine eyes from our vices and regard instead the adorable Blood shed upon the Cross, which purchased our salvation and daily intercedes for us upon our altars.
Keep us safe in the true Catholic and Roman faith. Let sickness afflict us, vexations waste us, misfortunes overwhelm us! But preserve in us Thy holy faith; for if we are rich with this precious gift, we shall gladly endure every sorrow, and nothing shall ever be able to change our happiness.
O Jesus, author of our faith, let me live for Thee and die for Thee.
Amen