Only the first of the same response of the Litany is written out in a different color.
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Fall is here and the winter cold is coming to us, Lord – as if You did not already know it! Sorry! Am asking for a winter without 3’ of snow. People do have difficulties with six inches. Could you spread the snow out and make the snow only three inches per episode? Please also could You not have it accumulate? With all that, please remember the farmers and their needs for their fields. Please hear our prayers and the prayers of those interceding for us.
Prayer to St. Isidore*
Dear Isidore, you know how normal it is to cultivate the land for you were employed as a farm laborer for the greater part of your life. Although you received God’s help materially through Angels in the field, all farmers are aided spiritually to see the wonders God has strewn on this earth. Encourage all farmers in their labors and help them to feed numerous people. Amen.
Litany of St. Isidore
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, . . . .
God, the Holy Spirit, . . . .
Holy Trinity, one God, . . . .
Holy Mary, pray for us.
St. Isidore, . . . .
St. Isidore, patron of farmers, . . . .
St. Isidore, illustrious tiller of the soil, . . . .
St. Isidore, model of laborers, . . . .
St. Isidore, devoted to duty, . . . .
St. Isidore, loaded down with the labors of the field, . . . .
St. Isidore, model of filial piety, . . . .
St. Isidore, support family life, . . . .
St. Isidore, confessor the faith, . . . .
St. Isidore, example mortification, . . . .
St. Isidore, assisted by angels, . . . .
St. Isidore, possessor of the gift of miracles, . . . .
St. Isidore, burning with lively faith, . . . .
St. Isidore, zealous in prayer, . . . .
St. Isidore, ardent lover of the Blessed Sacrament, . . . .
St. Isidore, lover of God’s earth, . . . .
St. Isidore, lover of poverty, . . . .
St. Isidore, lover of fellowmen, . . . .
St. Isidore, most patient, . . . .
St. Isidore, most humble, . . . .
St. Isidore, most pure, . . . .
St. Isidore, most just, . . . .
St. Isidore, most obedient, . . . .
St. Isidore, most faithful, . . . .
St. Isidore, most grateful, . . . .
Jesus, our Lord, We beg of You, hear us.
That You would protect all tillers of the soil, . . . .
That You would bring to all a true knowledge of the stewardship of the land, . . . .
That You would preserve and increase our fields and flocks, . . . .
That You would give and preserve the fruits of the earth, . . . .
That You would bless our fields, . . . .
That You would preserve all rural pastors, . . . .
That You would grant peace and harmony in our homes, . . . .
That You would lift up our hearts to You, . . . .
Be merciful, spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful, graciously hear us, O Lord.
From lightning and tempest, deliver us, O Lord.
From pestilence and floods, . . . .
From winds and drought, . . . .
From hail and storm, . . . .
From the scourge of insects, . . . .
From the spirit of selfishness, . . . .
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
Let us pray.
Grant, O Lord, that through the intercession of blessed Isidore, the
…husbandman [farmer], we may follow his example of patience and
…humility, and so walk
faithfully in his footsteps that in the evening of life we may be able to
present to You an abundant harvest of merit and good works, who live and
are King world without end.
R. Amen.
Hymn for the Novena to St. Isidore
O Lord, as You have made the earth,
To man and beast have given birth
Have given sun and rain that thence
The soil might give them sustenance:
We beg You make us willing to
Perform the law we get from You,
That work of ours and grace of Yours
May bring the increase that endures.
Through Jesus Christ let this be done
Who lives and reigns, our Lord, Your Son,
Whom with the Spirit we adore,
One God with You forevermore.

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Let Nothing Disturb You
Let nothing disturb you
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience,
Obtains all things,
Whoever has God
Lacks nothing:
God alone suffices.
Santa Teresa de Jesús
(Santa Teresa de Ávila)
Luz María