The Curé d'Ars Prayer Group

The Curé d'Ars Prayer Group

For the bishop and priests of the Raleigh, NC Diocese.

Devotions

"The Holy Curé d'Ars, whom we are remembering in particular in this Year, used to like to say: "Jesus Christ, after giving us all that he could give us, wanted further to make us heirs to his most precious possession, that is, his Holy Mother (B. Nodet, Il pensiero e l'anima del Curato d'Ars, Turin 1967, p. 305). This applies for every Christian, for all of us, but in a special way for priests. Dear brothers and sisters, let us pray that Mary will make all priests, in all the problems of today's world, conform with the image of her Son Jesus, as stewards of the precious treasure of his love as the Good Shepherd. Mary, Mother of priests, pray for us!"

-- Pope Benedict XVI (L'Observatore Romano, 26 August 2009)


Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help for the Church and the Supreme Pontiff

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, O sweet protector of Christians, when the enemies of your divine Son were attacking the Church most violently you appeared in Rome as the protective star of the Holy See. Therefore, with as much faith as trust, I place myself at your feet to beg you to defend and protect the holy spouse of Jesus Christ. Show yourself the all-powerful Mother of the Church in these days when she is still threatened by a daring impiety.

Protect the sacred person of the Supreme Pontiff, inspire Christians with the veneration due to the Vicar of Jesus Christ, with submission to his voice, with the love the Father of all the faithful deserves. O Mary, see the bitterness with which his heart is filled, the ineradicable sufferings which make him the visible image of your divine crucified Son. And if, for the glory of God, his martyrdom must be prolonged, console him by increasing the number of faithful Christians, by raising up for your Church apostles and defenders of his rights. Do not allow iniquity to prevail. Strengthen in Rome the charity of St. Peter and bind hearts strongly in Catholic unity. Amen

O Mother of Perpetual Help! Protect the Sovereign Pontiff, defend the Holy Church and strengthen the faith of the faithful.

Translated from the French: Pour l'Eglise et le Souverain Pontiffe (Our Lady of Perpetual Help: According to St. Alphonsus Liguori complete manual of prayer. Rev. Dunoyer)

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