God our Father, You gave the bishop David to the Welsh Church to uphold the faith
and to be an example of Christian perfection.
In this changing world
may he help us to hold fast to the values which bring eternal life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who being God,
lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
O God, You taught blessed Gabriel diligently
to ponder the sorrows of Your most sweet Mother,
and exalted him to the glory of sanctity
and the working of miracles;
grant us, through his intercession and example,
so to mourn with Your Mother,
that we may be saved through her maternal care.
You Who are God,
living and reigning with God the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord,
that the prayers of thy holy Abbot, blessed Giles
may commend us unto thee:
that we, who have no power of ourselves to help ourselves,
may by his advocacy find favour in thy sight.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Your Son, who being God,
lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the same Holy Spirit,
for ever and ever.
We beseech thee, O Lord:
that thy blessed Martyr Gorgonius
may at all times gladden us with his intercession;
and cause us ever to rejoice
in the devout observance of his festival.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who being God,
lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
for ever and ever.
O God, You taught blessed Hermenegild, Your martyr,
to value the kingdom of Heaven more than an earthly throne;
grant, we pray you, that,
following his example,
we may despise all transitory things
and seek those that are eternal.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who being God,
lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
O God, You were pleased to institute by heavenly direction,
through St. John, the order of the Holy Trinity,
for redeeming captives from the power of the Saracens;
grant, we implore You,
that by the suffrage of his merits,
we may be delivered by Your grace from captivity of soul and body.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who being God,
lives and reigns with You in the unity of the same Holy Spirit,
forever and ever.
Amen.
O God, You ordained that Your only-begotten Son
should be lifted up above the earth
and draw all things to Himself;
mercifully grant that,
through the merits and example of Your seraphic confessor Joseph,
we may be lifted up above all earthly desires
and be found worthy to come to Him, who being God,
lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
Almighty and everlasting God,
who hast given unto us Thy servants grace
by the profession of the true faith,
to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and,
in the power of Thy Divine Majesty,
to worship the Unity;
we beseech Thee,
that by our steadfastness in this same faith,
we may evermore be defended from all adversities.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Assist us mercifully, O Lord,
in these our supplications which we make before Thee
on the feast of blessed Nicholas, thy holy Confessor:
that we, who put not our trust in our own righteousness,
may be succoured by the prayers of him
that found favour in thy sight.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who being God,
lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
O God, who vouchsafest unto us
to keep the heavenly birthday of blessed Placidus and his companions,
thy holy Martyrs:
grant, we beseech thee;
that we may rejoice in the perpetual felicity
of their fellowship in heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who being God,
lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
