Dear Doctor and Defender of the Church, to you the Master must have said:
God our Father,may we always profit by the prayersof the Virgin Mother Mary,
I received a letter at the beginning of Advent last year inviting me, along with the youth of the parish, to “a Christmas feast to commemorate…
God, my Father, may I love You in all things and above all things.
Receive our prayers, dear Lord,for those who have none to pray for them.
Father, Your Love never fails.Keep me from dangerand provide for all my needs.
Father in Heaven,when the Spirit came down upon Jesusat His Baptism in the Jordan,
O dear Jesus, I humbly implore You to grant Your special graces to our family.
O my beloved Father St. John of the Cross,your continual prayer merited for you
Relying on Your goodness, O God,we humbly ask You, through the intercession
