SEPTEMBER 19 SAN GENNARO. Prayer to ask for a grace

PRAYER IN SAN GENNARO

O Gennaro, strenuous athlete of the faith of Jesus Christ, inclined Patron of Catholic Naples, turn your gaze towards us benignly, and deign to accept the vows that we place at your feet today with full confidence in your powerful patronage.
How many solicitous times have you rushed to the aid of your fellow citizens, now stopping the path of the exterminating lava of Vesuvius, and now prodigiously freeing us from the plague, earthquakes, hunger, and many other divine punishments, which threw the fear in our midst !
The perennial miracle of the liquefaction of is a sure and extremely eloquent sign that you live among us, know our needs and protect us in a completely unique way.
Please, deh! pray for us who turn to you, sure to be heard: and free us from so many evils that oppress us everywhere.
Save your Naples from the intrusive disbelief and make that faith, by which you generously sacrificed your life, always yield among us fruitful fruits of holy works. So be it.