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Second Day Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory be... St Nicholas, Patron of the Holy Souls, Pray for us Remember, O gentle and compassionate Lord, the mercy that stirred Thy heart when the cry of misery and sorrow came to Thine ears in Israel, how Thine eyes searched the rocks for the poor lepers who called out to Thee, how Thou didst reach out Thy hand to the daughter of Jairus, and the widow's son of Naim, how tears came to Thine eyes at the tomb of Lazarus. Look down upon the land of sufferings, where souls that love Thee await for the touch of Thy healing mercy. Through the merits of Thine own great sufferings which appeased the Eternal Justice, reach out Thy Hand once more in it's infinite power to save and relieve the Holy Souls in their sufferings. O lord, hear our prayers, unworthy though they be. We unite with the prayers of Thy holy servant, St. Nicholas of Tolentine, in the grotto of San Angelo, with the prayers which he offered to Thee through the silent hours of the night, with the prayer with which he blessed Thine infinite goodness and mercy for Thy miraculous aid in his ministry. Hear our prayers for those who cannot plead for themselves, and grant to the poor souls in purgatory happiness and rest. Glory be...Eternal Rest... Let us pray: Grant, we beseech Thee, O Almighty God that Thy Church, which is made illustrious with the glory of the prodigies and miracles of St Nicholas, Thy Blessed Confessor, may, by his merits and intercession enjoy perpetual unity and peace. |