Prayers

We at St. Patrick Co-Cathedral are united in prayer with you during this time. Below you will find prayers as well as images from inside our church. We are keeping our devotional and intention candles lit ~ please pray alongside us and may you find some peace and comfort. Stay healthy and keep the faith!

Spiritual Communion
When unable to receive Holy Communion, it is a pious practice to make a Spiritual communion.

PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally,
Come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there
And unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.

Prayer for Healing and Hope

Compassionate and Loving Father,

In the face of confusion and concern impart to us the calm of Your presence. In you allow us to fine hope and healing. Be with those who serve the sick and give them Your caring hands. Be with those who lead and give them Your spirit of wisdom. Be with those who have fallen ill and give them Your comforting heart. Wrap your arms around our world and hold us in Your love. Allow us at this time of trial to then serve as instruments of that love to all we meet.
We ask this in Your Name.
Amen

The Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, my mother. To you I come; before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.
Amen.

Prayer Resources Online

Give Us This Day (Daily, morning & evening prayer, Mass Prayers & Readings)
http://usccb.org/about/communications/usccb-president-reflection-and-prayer-during-coronavirus.cfm
https://saginaw.org/sites/default/files/StationsCross3-19-20-web.pdf
A Litany for the Coronavirus
TV: EWTN broadcasts on television, they also are online at EWTN
Internet: Word On Fire, Daily Mass
Billings Catholic Radio: KJCR 1240 am / 97.5 fm online link

Litany of Humility
Author: Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta

O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being extolled, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being honored, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being praised, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being preferred to others, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being consulted, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being approved, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being humiliated, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being despised, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of suffering rebukes, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being calumniated, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being forgotten, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being ridiculed, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being wronged, Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being suspected, Deliver me, O Jesus.
That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be esteemed more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be chosen and I set aside, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be praised and I go unnoticed, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be preferred to me in everything, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.