PRAYER
OF SAINT
FRANCIS
OF ASSISI
Lord, make me an instrument of your
peace; where there is hatred, let me
sow love; where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith; where there
is despair, hope; where there is darkness
light, and
where there
is sadness,
joy. O Di-
vine Master,
Grant that
I may not
so much
seek to be
consoled as
to console; to be understood as to
understand; to be loved as to love; For
it is in giving that we receive; it is in
pardoning that we are pardoned, and
it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
OH’HOLY CROSS OF JESUS
THIS PRAYER WAS FOUND IN
THE SEPULCHER OF THE LORD
JESUS IN THE YEAR 1709 AND
WAS SENT BY THE POPE TO
THE EMPEROR CHARLES ON
THE EVE OF HIS DEPARTURE
TO THE FIGHT HIS ENEMIES
AND BY HIM SENT TO ST. MICHAEL IN FRANCE. WHOEVER
READS OR WEARS IN ON HIM WILL NEVER BURN NOR
DROWN. NOR WILL ANY POISON AFFECT HIM. HE WILL
NEVER BE A PRISONER OF WAR, OR WILL HE NEVER
VANQUISHED. WHEN A WOMAN HAS LABOR PAINS, LET HER
WEAR IT, AND SHE WILL IMMEDIATELY BE DELIVERED. AND
WHEN THE CHILD IS BORN, LET HER PLACE THIS PRAYER ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHILD AND IT WILL BE SAFELY PRESERVED
OF ALL ACCIDENTS. WHOEVER CARRIES THIS PRAYER WITH
HIM WILL NEVER HAVE ANY EPILEPTIC ATTACKS AND IF YOU
SEE ANYONE HAVING FITS, PLACE THE PRAYER ON HIS RIGHT
SIDE AND HE WILL BE CURED IMMEDIATELY. “WHO EVER
WRITES THIS PRAYER FOR HIMSELF OR FOR OTHERS, I WILL
BLESS SAYS THE LORD, “BUT WHOEVER SCOFFS OR LAUGHS AT
IT WILL BE DOOMED” WHEN THIS PRAYER IS IN THE HOUSE, THE
HOUSE WILL BE SAFELY GUARDED FROM THE THUNDER AND
READS OR WEARS IN ON HIM WILL NEVER BURN NOR
DROWN. NOR WILL ANY POISON AFFECT HIM. HE WILL
NEVER BE A PRISONER OF WAR, OR WILL HE NEVER
VANQUISHED. WHEN A WOMAN HAS LABOR PAINS, LET HER
WEAR IT, AND SHE WILL IMMEDIATELY BE DELIVERED. AND
WHEN THE CHILD IS BORN, LET HER PLACE THIS PRAYER ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHILD AND IT WILL BE SAFELY PRESERVED
OF ALL ACCIDENTS. WHOEVER CARRIES THIS PRAYER WITH
HIM WILL NEVER HAVE ANY EPILEPTIC ATTACKS AND IF YOU
SEE ANYONE HAVING FITS, PLACE THE PRAYER ON HIS RIGHT
SIDE AND HE WILL BE CURED IMMEDIATELY. “WHO EVER
WRITES THIS PRAYER FOR HIMSELF OR FOR OTHERS, I WILL
BLESS SAYS THE LORD, “BUT WHOEVER SCOFFS OR LAUGHS AT
IT WILL BE DOOMED” WHEN THIS PRAYER IS IN THE HOUSE, THE
HOUSE WILL BE SAFELY GUARDED FROM THE THUNDER AND
LIGHTNING AND WHOEVER
READS THIS PRAYER DAILY
WILL BE WARNED THREE
DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH
BY A HOLY SIGN OF THE
DAY BEFORE HIS DEATH.
ÖH’ LORD ALMIGHTY YOU
HAVE SUFFERED DEATH
AT THE CROSS FOR OUR
SINS ÖH’ HOLY CROSS, HELP
IN MY SALVATION. ÖH’ HOLY
CROSS OF JESUS, BE MY TRUE
LIGHT. OH’ HOLY CROSS OF
JESUS, FILL MY SOUL WITH
GOOD THOUGHTS. OH’ HOLY
CROSS, SAFELY GUARD ME
AGAINST UNHOLY THOUGHT
AND WORDLY DANGERS THAT
I MAY WORSHIP THE HOLY
CROSS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH
CRUCIFIED, HAVE PITY ON ME.
OH’ HOLY CROSS OF JESUS BE
MY HOPE. OH’ HOLY CROSS
HAVE MERCY ON ME FOREVER AND EVER AMEN.
IN HONOR THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS AND HIS FEARFUL
DEATH AND RESURRECTION AND HIS GLORIFICATION, WHICH
LEADS EVERLASTING LIFE AS TRUE AS JESUS WAS BORN AT
CHRISTMAS AND NICODEMUS TOOK JESUS DOWN FROM THE
CROSS; AS TRUE AS JESUS ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN. MAY HE
PRESERVE ME FROM MY ENEMIES ALL VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN. LORD ALMIGHTY. UNTO YOUR
HANDS I GIVE MY SOUL AND MY BODY. OH’LORD JESUS GRANT
ME STRENGTH TO BEAR MY CROSS AS YOURSELF. TEACH ME TO
HEAR WITH GREAT HUMILITYTHE ILLS,THAT THE VIRGIN MAY
FILL ME WITH HOLY SPIRIT. PRESERVE MY SOULS AND LEAD
IT TO LIFE EVERLASTING. A M E N
LEADS EVERLASTING LIFE AS TRUE AS JESUS WAS BORN AT
CHRISTMAS AND NICODEMUS TOOK JESUS DOWN FROM THE
CROSS; AS TRUE AS JESUS ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN. MAY HE
PRESERVE ME FROM MY ENEMIES ALL VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN. LORD ALMIGHTY. UNTO YOUR
HANDS I GIVE MY SOUL AND MY BODY. OH’LORD JESUS GRANT
ME STRENGTH TO BEAR MY CROSS AS YOURSELF. TEACH ME TO
HEAR WITH GREAT HUMILITYTHE ILLS,THAT THE VIRGIN MAY
FILL ME WITH HOLY SPIRIT. PRESERVE MY SOULS AND LEAD
IT TO LIFE EVERLASTING. A M E N
