June 22 San Tommaso Moro. Prayer to the Saint
First Day
Dear St. Thomas Moro, in your earthly life you have been a model of prudence.
You have never rashly thrown yourself into an important undertaking:
you found your strength by trusting in God, staying in prayer and penance,
then boldly made it without hesitation.
Through your prayer and intercession, you obtain for me the virtues of
patience, prudence, wisdom and courage.
Our Father ... Hail Mary ... Glory ...
Second day
Dear St. Thomas Moro, in your earthly life you have been a model of diligence.
You avoided procrastination, you applied yourself fervently in your studies,
and you have spared no effort to achieve mastery in each skill.
Through your prayer and intercession, you obtain for me the virtues of
diligence and perseverance in all my endeavors.
Our Father ... Hail Mary ... Glory ...
Third day
Dear St. Thomas Moro, in your earthly life you have been a model of industriousness.
You threw yourself wholeheartedly into everything you did,
and you have discovered joy even in the most difficult and serious things.
Through your prayer and intercession, you obtain for me the grace of always having
adequate work, to find interest in everything there is to do, and
the strength to always pursue excellence in any task that God will entrust to me.
Our Father ... Hail Mary ... Glory ...
Fourth day
Dear San Tommaso Moro, in your earthly life you have been a brilliant lawyer
and a just and compassionate judge. You provided for the smallest details
of your legal duties with the utmost care, and you were tireless in
search for justice, tempered by mercy.
Through your prayer and intercession, obtain the grace to overcome me
any temptation for laxity, arrogance and hasty judgment.
Our Father ... Hail Mary ... Glory ...
Fifth day
Dear St. Thomas Moro, in your earthly life you have been a model of humility.
You have never allowed pride to lead you to face companies that were beyond
of your skills; even in the midst of earthly wealth and honor you don't
you forgot your total dependence on Heavenly Father.
Through your prayer and intercession, obtain for me the grace of an increase
of humility and wisdom not to overestimate my powers.
Our Father ... Hail Mary ... Glory ...
Sixth day
Dear St. Thomas Moro, in your life on earth you have been a model husband
and an exemplary father. You have been loving and faithful to both your wives,
and an example of virtue for your children.
Through your prayer and intercession, obtain for me the grace of a happy home,
peace in my family and the strength to persevere in chastity according to my state of life.
Our Father ... Hail Mary ... Glory ...
Seventh day
Dear St. Thomas Moro, in your earthly life you have been a model of Christian fortress.
You have suffered mourning, shame, poverty, imprisonment and a violent death;
yet you have faced everything with strength and good endurance throughout your life.
Through your prayer and intercession, obtain grace for me
to bear all the crosses that God will send me, with patience and joy.
Our Father ... Hail Mary ... Glory ...
Eighth day
Dear St. Thomas Moro, in your earthly life you have been a faithful son
of God and an unshakable member of the Church, without ever taking his eyes off the
crown for which you were destined. Even in the face of death, you believed that God
He would have given you victory, and He rewarded you with the palm of martyrdom.
Through your prayer and intercession, obtain grace for me
of final perseverance and protection from sudden death,
so that we can one day enjoy the beatific vision in the Celestial Homeland.
Our Father ... Hail Mary ... Glory ...
Ninth day
Dear St. Thomas Moor, you spent all your earthly life preparing for eternal life.
All that you had to endure on earth made you worthy not only
of the glory that God wanted to grant you in heaven, but made you the patron saint of lawyers,
of judges and statesmen, and intercessor friend of all who come to you.
Through your prayer and intercession, get us help
in all our needs, both corporal and spiritual, and the grace of
follow in your footsteps, so that in the end we can be with you
in the house that the Father has prepared for us in heaven.
Our Father ... Hail Mary ... Glory ...
PRAYER COMPOSED BY SAN TOMMASO MORO
Lord, give me good digestion,
and also something to digest.
Give me a healthy body, Lord,
and the wisdom to keep it that way.
Give me a healthy mind,
who knows how to penetrate the truth clearly,
and at the sight of sin do not be dismayed,
but look for a way to correct it.
Give me a healthy soul Lord,
that he does not become depressed in complaints and sighs.
And don't let me worry too much
Of that indisputable thing called "I".
Lord, give me a sense of humor:
give me the grace to take a joke,
to draw some joy from life,
and to pass it on to others. Amen.