Novena prayer to st pedro calungsod

You studied theology diligently, and you began to grow in the desire to serve God. You decided to devote your life to God as a missionary when you were a young teen. You worked to help catechize many people and bring them into the Church. Pray for me, that I may always be eager to bring others closer to God. Pray that I may never weary of doing all I can to serve God.

Help us to imitate the virtue he showed in his openness to Your will in his life. Pedro Calungsod, you were deeply devoted to God from the time you were a young boy. Though you were not yet an adult, you were eager to devote your life to God. God called you to serve Him as a missionary in Guam, and you were happy to do what God was asking of you.

You served him faithfully until you were ultimately killed for your Faith. Pray that I may always be eager to serve God in whatever ways He calls me to. Help us to imitate the devotion to You he showed in his work as a missionary in Guam. Pedro Calungsod, you longed to serve God as a missionary from the time you were a young boy. You worked faithfully to prepare for this calling by studying theology and other subjects that would help you as a missionary.

You began missionary work when you were a young teen. You worked as a sacristan, and you edified many through your holy example. Pray for me, that I may always do all I can to bring others to God. Pray that I may be eager to preach the Good News in any way that I can. Help us to imitate the love of You he showed in his life of commitment to Your service.

Pedro Calungsod, you longed to work as a missionary in order to bring others to God. You devoted yourself to this holy work from the time you were a young teen, out of love for God. Your companions saw you as a devout young man who could be a holy example to the uncatechized people you served. You continued to serve God faithfully until you ultimately gave up your life for the Faith.

Pray for me, that I may always strive to be a holy example to those around me. Pray that I may never weary of seeking to serve God faithfully. Help us to imitate the devotion to You he showed throughout the trials of unfounded suspicions and rumors about him. Pedro Calungsod, you and your companions worked diligently to bring the native people of Guam to God.

You continued in this holy work despite the difficulties of false rumors and suspicions. Pray for me, that I may be as steadfast in my Faith as you were. Pray that I may never allow difficulties to deter me from serving God faithfully. Help us to imitate the virtue he showed in courageously remaining beside Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores during a physical attack.

Pedro Calungsod, you were eager to devote your life to God as a missionary. Even when you were faced with danger to your life on account of your Faith, you never wavered in your commitment to God. Instead, you remained beside that holy priest supporting him up to your last breath. O true friend of Blessed Diego Luis, help us to be true to our friends and to seek only their welfare.

Teach us to love them in the way Christ loves each one of us. Defend and keep us away from false friends who only want to take advantage of us and to ruin our lives, so that we may not lose the way to true happiness. Join us now as we pray for the sanctification of our friends, for the reconciliation of those who are not in good terms with each other, for the consolation of the orphans and the lonely, and for the protection of the youth from false friendship.

O San Pedro Calungsod, the threat of death did not stop you from continuing your mission to spread the Christian Faith in the Marianas. Instead, you gained courage by being prepared always to face the Divine Judge through a regular and frequent reception of the Sacrament of Confession. O young and pure of heart, make us understand that sin is the real cause of our anxieties and sadness.

Teach us to acknowledge our sins and to be truly sorry for them. Guide us toward a regular and frequent reception of the loving mercy and forgiveness of God in the Sacrament of Confession. Encourage us to do penance for the good of our souls. With pure hearts may we share our joy in contemplating the face of God in eternity. Join us now as we pray for the conversion of hardened sinners,.

O San Pedro Calungsod, after four years of faithfully following the footsteps of our Lord Jesus Christ through a wholehearted service to God and fellowmen in the difficult Mariana Mission, you finally reached the peak of the Calvary of suffering. Your devout communion with our Lord in the celebrations of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was never in vain because you had become what you received: a pleasing sacrifice to God.

The hatred for the Faith of those who refused to believe fell on you. But the many poisoned spears and the sharp cutlass did not overcome your strong love for God. You steadfastly held on to your faith in the face of a barbarous death until you won the palm of martyrdom and the crown of eternal life. O fortunate lad! O hero of our Faith!

Even though the grace of martyrdom is granted only to some, help us still to give witness to our Christian Faith as we try to accept and bear the daily hardships in life for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. Teach us to be constant and steadfast in faith until death. Encourage us always with the thought that those who devoutly receive our Lord in the Holy Eucharist will never be afraid to die because he will be raised up to life on the last day.

Forgive us for not having returned love for Your love. In Your suffering, You have left us an example so that we may follow in Your footsteps. The life of Your young martyr and our brother, San Pedro Calungsod, proves to us that it is possible to follow You even up to death. Help us to be humble and to learn to forgive. Teach us the way of peace, so that we may be worthily called children of God.

Join us now as we pray for that peace which only God can give to the world. You should be awake and praying not to put to the test. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak Matthew O Saint Pedro Calungsod, while some your companions in the Mission succumbed to temptations and left the Faith, you came out victorious in supporting the hardships and the assaults of the devil by your constant communion with God in prayer.

O good soldier of Christ, remind us always that our strength against the assaults of hell lies in our constant prayer. Defend us in our daily struggle against the power of evil that tempts us to sin, so that with you, we may also be victorious soldiers of Christ. Teach us to pray with confidence in the loving providence of God and to accept always the divine will.

Join us now as we pray for the perseverance of contemplative communities in their prayer life, and for all families, that they may make time to pray every day, so that they may be preserved in love and unity. Being A True Friend. Whoever fears the Lord makes true friends Ecclesiasticus A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends John In the face of a violent death, you did not betray nor forsake him, just as you never denied Christ nor left the Faith in the midst of persecutions.

Instead, you remained beside that holy priest, supporting him up to your last breath. Teach us to love them in the way Christ loves each one of us. Defend and keep us away from false friends who only want to take advantage of us and to ruin our lives, so that we may not lose the way to true happiness. Join us now as we pray for the sanctification of our friends, for the reconciliation of those who are not in good terms with each other, for the consolation of the orphans and the lonely, and for the protection of the youth from false friendship.

Be reconciled to God 2 Corinthians O Saint Pedro Calungsod, the threat of death did not stop you from continuing your mission to spread the Christian Faith in the Marianas.

Novena prayer to st pedro calungsod

Instead, you gained courage by being prepared always to face the Divine Judge through a regular and frequent reception of the Sacrament of Confession. O young and pure of heart, make us understand that sin is the real cause of our anxieties and sadness. Teach us to acknowledge our sins and to be truly sorry for them. Guide us toward a regular and frequent reception of the loving mercy and forgiveness of God in the Sacrament of Confession.

Encourage us to do penance for the good of our souls. With pure hearts may we share your joy in contemplating the face of God in eternity.