Devotion to Saint Peter and Saint Paul: prayers to the Holy Apostles

29 June

SAINTS PETER AND PAUL APOSTLES

PRAYER TO THE APOSTLES

I. O holy Apostles, who renounced all the things of the world to follow at the first invitation the great teacher of all men, Christ Jesus, get us, we pray you, that we too live with our hearts always detached from all earthly things and always ready to follow the divine inspirations. Glory to the Father ...

II. O holy Apostles, who, instructed by Jesus Christ, spent your whole life in announcing His Divine Gospel to the different peoples, obtain, we pray you, to be always faithful observers of that most holy Religion that you founded with so many hardships and, at your imitation, help us to expand it, defend it and glorify it with words, with deeds and with all our strength. Glory to the Father ...

III. O Holy Apostles, who after observing and incessantly preaching the Gospel, confirmed all its truths by fearlessly supporting the most cruel persecutions and the most tormenting martyrdoms in his defense, obtain, we pray you, the grace of always being willing, like you, to prefer rather death than betraying the cause of faith in any way. Glory to the Father ...

PRAYER TO THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL

Saint Peter the Apostle, elected by Jesus to be the rock on which the Church is built, bless and protect the Supreme Pontiff, the Bishops and all the Christians scattered throughout the world. Give us a living faith and a great love for the Church. Saint Paul the Apostle, propagator of the Gospel among all peoples, bless and help missionaries in the effort of evangelization and allow us to always be witnesses of the Gospel and to work for the coming of the kingdom of Christ in the world.

PRAYER TO THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL

O Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, I (Name) elect you today and forever as my special protectors and lawyers, and I humbly rejoice, so much with you, O Saint Peter prince of the Apostles, because you are that stone on which God built his Church, who with you, or Saint Paul, chosen by God as the vessel of choice and preacher of the truth, and I beg you to obtain living faith, firm hope and perfect charity, total detachment from myself, contempt of the world, patience in adversity and humility in prosperity, attention in prayer, purity of heart, right intention in working, diligence in fulfilling the obligations of my state, constancy in purpose, resignation to the will of God, and perseverance in divine grace until death. And so, through your intercession, and your glorious merits, overcome the temptations of the world, the devil and the flesh, be made worthy to come before the presence of the supreme and eternal Shepherd of souls, Jesus Christ, who with the Father and with the Holy Spirit he lives and reigns for ever and ever to enjoy and love him eternally. So be it. Pater, Ave and Gloria.

PRAYER TO SAINT PETER APOSTLE

O glorious St. Peter who in reward of your living and generous faith, of your profound and sincere humility, of your ardent love you were distinguished by Jesus Christ with the most singular privileges and especially with the principality over all the Apostles, with the primacy over the whole Church , of which you were also constituted stone and foundation, obtain for us the grace of a living faith, which is not afraid to openly reveal itself in its integrity and in its manifestations, and to give, if necessary, also the blood and life instead of never failing. ltretrateci true attachment to our Holy Mother Church, let us keep sincerely and always closely united to the Roman Pontiff, the heir of your faith, your authority, the only true visible Head of the Catholic Church, which is that mysterious ark out of which there is no salvation. Let us follow docile and subdued teachings and advice, and observe all the precepts, in order to be able to have peace and security here on earth, and to reach the eternal prize of Heaven one day. So be it ".

PRAYER IN SAN PIETRO

O glorious Saint Peter, who had in Jesus Christ a faith so alive that he was the first to confess that he was the Son of God alive, that you loved Jesus Christ so ardently that you protested ready to suffer prison and death for him; that as a reward for your faith, your humility and your love you were destined to be the prince of the apostles by Jesus Christ, get us, we pray you, that we too will readily convert to the Lord whenever we let ourselves be betrayed by our weakness and we do not cease to mourn the sins we committed until death; get us to love the Divine Master in order to be ready to give blood and life for his faith as well as to suffer whatever misfortune he will like to send us to test our fidelity. Glory..

PRAYER TO SAINT PAUL

O glorious Saint Paul that you were as terrible in persecuting as fervent in zealous the glory of Christianity, who, although honored by God with an amazing mission, always called you the least of the apostles, who converted not only Jews and gentiles, but protested become anathema for their health, who undergone with jubilation for the love of Jesus Christ all sorts of persecutions, that you left us in your fourteen letters a complex of instructions that was rightly called by the Holy Fathers the risen gospel, get us, please , the grace to always follow your teachings and to be always willing like you to confirm our faith with blood. Glory..