Remember, O most loving Virgin Mary, that it is a thing unheard of, that anyone ever had recourse to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession, and was left forsaken. Filled therefore with confidence in thy goodness, I fly to thee, O Mother, Virgin of Virgins; to thee I come, before thee I stand, a sorrowful sinner. Despise not my words, O Mother of the Word, but graciously hear and grant my prayer. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jeus, have mercy on us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.
St. Joseph, pray for us.
St. Stephen, pray for us.
Members of the Archconfraternity are recommended to invoke the intercession of their holy patron, St. Stephen, by the use of the following prayers in their daily devotions, according to the seasons:
In the Advent Season
Holy Spirit of God, who by the laying on of hands of the Apostles wast given to the blessed deacon Stephen, and in him didst begin the service of the Altar in the New Law, grant that I, who serve the same Altar, may always keep holy and body that is Thy temple, that I who bear the sacred vessels may purify my heart; so that at last, full of Thy grace, I may, looking up into heaven, see Thy great joy, and come to the eternal temple of Almighty God, where the Lamb of God is the Light in Thy radiance. Amen.
In the Christmas Season
O God, Who didst consecrate the first fruits of the ministry of Thine Altar in the blessed death of the deacon St. Stephen, full of grace and of the Holy Ghost, grant, we beseech Thee, that we may so love the beauty of Thy house as ever to partake of the grace of the ALtar we serve, and lead us, who here reign in serving Thee, to the glory forseen by him,
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