Prayers to Saint Thomas Aquinas
Apr 3, 2019 16:42:16 GMT
Post by Hildegard on Apr 3, 2019 16:42:16 GMT
(Prayers taken from the "Saint Thomas Aquinas - The Story of the Dumb OX by Mary Fabyan Windeatt)
PRAYER TO SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
BEFORE STUDY OR LECTURE
O BLESSED Thomas, Patron of Schools, obtain for us from God
an invincible faith, a burning charity, a chaste life, and true
knowledge, through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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PRAYER TO SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL FAVOR
DEAR Saint Thomas, gentlest of saints, you loved Jesus so tenderly and wrote
so well of Him that He made you the glory of the Church and a shining star in
the Order of St. Dominic. Encouraged by your kindness and charity, I beg you
to obtain this favor that I now ask. (State your request.)
Plead my cause with your beloved Jesus, so that I may serve Him faithfully in this
life and enjoy Him forever in Heaven. Amen.
One Decade of the Rosary.
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PRAYERS OF THE ANGELIC WARFARE
Recommended to Be Said Frequently by the Members of the Society
PRAYER OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
This prayer was said by St. Thomas as he lay prostrate before the cross which he
had drawn upon the wall with the burning brand after repelling the last attack
on his purity. Then the angels girded him with the cincture of perpetual chastity,
a favor which his humility concealed until the approach of death, when he revealed
to his confessor what had happened to him.
Dearest Jesus! I know well that every perfect gift, and above all others that
of chastity, depends upon the most powerful assistance of Thy Providence,
and that without Thee a creature can do nothing. Therefore, I pray Thee
to defend, with Thy grace, chastity and purity in my soul as well as in my
body. And if I have ever received through my senses any impression that
could stain my chastity and purity, do Thou, Who art the Supreme Lord
of all my powers, take it from me, that I may with an immaculate heart
advance in Thy love and service, offering myself chaste all the days of my
life on the most pure altar of Thy Divinity. Amen.
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PRAYER FOR PURITY
CHOSEN lily of innocence, purest St. Thomas! to thee who didst preserve ever fair thy
baptismal robe; to the a true angel in the flesh! to thee do I pray to Lamb, and to Mary the
Queen of Virgins, that I also, who seek to honor thee, may receive the gift of thy purity;
that thus imitating thee upon the earth, I may one day be crowned with thee, O great
guardian of my purity, amongst the angels in Paradise.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.
V. Pray for us, St. Thomas.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
O God, Who hast vouchsafed to defend with the blessed cincture of St. Thomas those who
are engaged in the terrible conflict of chastity! grant to us Thy suppliants, by his help,
happily to overcome in this warfare the terrible enemy of our body and soul, that being
crowned with the lily of perpetual purity, we may deserve to receive from Thee, among
the chaste bands of the angels, the palm of bliss. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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ANOTHER PRAYER OF SAINT THOMAS
O MERCIFUL God, grant that I may eagerly desire, carefully search out, truthfully
acknowledge, and ever perfectly fulfill all things which are pleasing to Thee, to the
praise and glory of Thy Name. Amen.
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PRAYER TO SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
PATRON OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
O ANGELIC Doctor, Saint Thomas, prince of theologians and model of philosophers,
bright ornament of the Christian world and light of the Church; O heavenly patron of
all Catholic schools, who didst learn wisdom without guile and dost communicate
it without envy, intercede for us with the Son of God, Wisdom Itself, that the
Spirit of Wisdom may descend upon us, and enable us to understand clearly
that which thou hast taught, and fulfill it by imitating they deeds; that we may
become partakers of that doctrine and virtue which caused thee to shine like the
sun on earth, and may at last rejoice with thee forever in their most sweet fruits
in Heaven, together praising the Divine Wisdom for all eternity. Amen.
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When putting on the cord or medal of St. Thomas Aquinas say:
GIRD me, O Lord! with the cincture of purity; and by the merits of St. Thomas
extinguish within me every evil desire, that I may remain continent and chaste until death. Amen.
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