Opening Prayer Lord Jesus Christ, we kneel before you in worship, praise and thanksgiving for the infinite love that you have shown to us sinners through your humble Incarnation, bitter Passion and cruel death on the Cross. By your wounds, we are healed. By your death, we are restored to life. Forgive us for not having returned love for your love. In your suffering, you have left us an example so that we may follow in your footsteps. The life of your young martyr and our brother, San Pedro Calungsod, proves to us that it is possible to follow you even up to death.
Be pleased with this novena that we are making in his memory. With his help, we shall strive to be living witnesses to your love through patient endurance in daily trials and selfless service to our neighbor, so that after having joined you in your redeeming Passion here on earth, we may also come to share in your glorious Resurrection at the end of time and love you eternally in Heaven, where you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.
Amen.
Be pleased with this novena that we are making in his memory. With his help, we shall strive to be living witnesses to your love through patient endurance in daily trials and selfless service to our neighbor, so that after having joined you in your redeeming Passion here on earth, we may also come to share in your glorious Resurrection at the end of time and love you eternally in Heaven, where you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.
Amen.
Fourth Day: Being Poor in Spirit O San Pedro Calungsod, while you were still here on earth, you availed of the good things your homeland could offer and you loved your family and your friends. But you did not let your heart be enslaved by any of these good things in life. And so, you were able to leave them behind when you were called to be generous and to love even more by serving God and others in the difficult Mariana Mission. You entrusted yourself to the loving providence of God, and you inherited the Kingdom of Heaven.
O poor in spirit, you are an icon of a person who is truly free. Help us to liberate ourselves from the bonds of avarice that enslave us and that prevent us from serving God and our neighbor, Save us when we are envious ofthe power, wealth, well-being or abilities of others. Teach us to be generous like you, to trust in God's loving providence and to desire for the true wealth and well-being that lasts for all eternity, which is the blessedness in Heaven. Join us now as we pray for the sick, the poor, the oppressed and for all those who are in dire need of assistance. May we give them a helping hand.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
O poor in spirit, you are an icon of a person who is truly free. Help us to liberate ourselves from the bonds of avarice that enslave us and that prevent us from serving God and our neighbor, Save us when we are envious ofthe power, wealth, well-being or abilities of others. Teach us to be generous like you, to trust in God's loving providence and to desire for the true wealth and well-being that lasts for all eternity, which is the blessedness in Heaven. Join us now as we pray for the sick, the poor, the oppressed and for all those who are in dire need of assistance. May we give them a helping hand.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
Closing Prayer Almighty and ever-living God, you are glorified in your saints. Graciously hear the prayers we offer through the intercession of your holy martyr Blessed Pedro Calungsod.
Guide and protect your pilgrim Church on earth. Grant your peace to our nation and to the whole world. Fill all our families with your grace. Preserve us in love and unity. Bless and guide our young people so that they will not be led astray. Help them to grow in faith, hope and charity. Convert those whose hearts are far from you. Comfort the sick and the lonely. Protect the poor and the oppressed. Welcome into your Kingdom our departed brothers and sisters.
We thank you for the graces you have granted us through the intercession of San Pedro Calungsod. We hope that after our mortal bodies will have slept in death you will raise us up to new life on the last day as your saints and join San Pedro in praising your Name forever in heaven.
Amen.
Guide and protect your pilgrim Church on earth. Grant your peace to our nation and to the whole world. Fill all our families with your grace. Preserve us in love and unity. Bless and guide our young people so that they will not be led astray. Help them to grow in faith, hope and charity. Convert those whose hearts are far from you. Comfort the sick and the lonely. Protect the poor and the oppressed. Welcome into your Kingdom our departed brothers and sisters.
We thank you for the graces you have granted us through the intercession of San Pedro Calungsod. We hope that after our mortal bodies will have slept in death you will raise us up to new life on the last day as your saints and join San Pedro in praising your Name forever in heaven.
Amen.
To spread the Lord's salvation and his truth,
you traveled far to preach your dream
And with your mighty selfless heart and soul, you showed us how to live and die for him.
With your love and faith you conquered doubt and hate.
Lead us to God's Word and bring light to the world.
Guide us all as we prepare our hearts and be your company
in mission to create God's kingdom here on Earth.
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