A Litany of Saints
The in-person prayer service for today is inspired ’40 Days of Prayer: For the liberation of American descendants of slavery’ compiled by Cheri L Mills. Join us in-person in the church sanctuary or livestream on our youtube channel 6:35-7:00pm.
Below is a Litany of Saints to ask for intercession in our ongoing journey and education on the sin of racism. We ask for the grace to be able to share in God’s vision for a world in which the dignity of all people is upheld, and for the strength to do the work to move closer to that vision.
One of the simplest and most beautiful facets of Catholicism is repetition. We repeat the same prayers in our daily lives morning and night, repeat the Mass every time we attend, repeat the words involved in the mystery of the Sacraments each time they are administered to us, and repeat the same grace before each meal. It’s awe-inspiring to think that we ourselves are saying and doing the same things that Catholics have said and done for hundreds or even thousands of years.
We involve repetition in our practice of Catholicism whenever we pray a litany. In the litany, we repeat a simple response to a series of petitions or other prayers.
If praying this as a family have one person act as leader to read the opening prayer and name the saints. Everyone else will join in the response (pray for us)
Sign of the Cross
Leader: Good and gracious God, who loved us into creation, thank you for the gift of life and community. Thank you for the gift of the ability to recognize injustice and for the desire to work for racial justice, so that all people may equally share in that gift of life.
Take, Lord, and receive, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will. Show me the parts of my heart, mind, and soul that You desire for me to transform or strengthen to better love Your people.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas, intercede and obtain for us from God the grace of discerning ways that we are called to change our hearts, minds, and souls in order to build a more just world.
St. Katharine Drexel, Pray for us.
St. Martin de Porres, Pray for us.
St. Peter Claver, S.J., Pray for us.
St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Pray for us.
St. Junipero Serra, Pray for us.
Venerable Teresa Chikaba, Pray for us.
Venerable Zeinab Alif, Pray for us.
Venerable Henriette DeLille, Pray for us.
Venerable Augustus Tolton, Pray for us.
Servant of God Mary Lange, Pray for us.
Servant of God, Thea Bowman, Pray for us.
Pray for us holy men and women, that we might be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.