Today we remember the Stigmata of San Francesco. Prayer to the Saint

Seraphic Patriarch,
that you leave us such heroic examples of contempt for the world
and all that the world appreciates and loves,
I beg you to want to intercede for the world
in this age he forgets supernatural goods
and lost behind matter.
Your example was already used in other times to collect men,
and exciting in them more noble and more sublime thoughts,
it produced a revolution, a renewal, a real reform.
The reforming work was entrusted to you by your sonship,
who responded well to the high position.
Look now, glorious Saint Francis,
from Heaven where you triumph,
your children scattered throughout the earth,
and infuse them again with a particle of that seraphic spirit of yours,
so that they can fulfill their highest mission.
And then take a look over the Successor of St. Peter,
to whose seat, living, you were so devoted, above the Vicar of Jesus Christ,
whose love has so greatly plagued your heart.
Get him the grace he needs to fulfill his duties.
He awaits these graces from God
for the merits of Jesus Christ represented on the throne of divine Majesty
by such a powerful intercessor. So be it.