The Grey Robe Monks of
St. BenedictBenedictine Prayers
Prayer for the Celebration of Saint
Scholastica - February 10
O God, you brought the soul of the blessed virgin Scholastica to
heaven in the form of a dove in order to bring to our notice her
life of innocence. Through the prayers and merits of your saint may
we live such a life that we, too, may attain everlasting happiness.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, AMEN
Prayer for the Passing of Our Holy Father Benedict - March 21
Almighty and everlasting God, who delivered the most holy Confessor
Benedict out of the prison of the flesh and bore him up to heaven,
grant us we beseech You, your servants, who are celebrating this
festival, forgiveness for all our sins, so that, united in rejoicing
in his glory, we may by his intercession before You partake together
also in his merits. Through our Lord. Jesus the Christ, AMEN
Prayer to Saint Benedict for a Happy Death
V. Intercede for us, O Holy Father Benedict.
R. And obtain for us the grace of a happy death.
O
holy Father Benedict, whose very name signifies your blessedness,
you most joyfully offered your angelic soul to God while you stood
in prayer with your arms raised to heaven.
You have promised to defend us from the devil's attacks at the hour
of death if we daily recall to you your own glorious death and
heavenly joys.
Protect me, therefore, O glorious Father, today and every day by
your holy blessing, so that I may never be separated from our
blessed Jesus, nor from the company of you and all the saints. Amen.
O
God, who adorned the precious death of our most holy Father, Saint
Benedict, with so many and so great privileges, grant, we beseech
You, that at our departure hence, we may be defended from the snares
of the enemy by the blessed presence of him whose memory we
celebrate. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for the Celebration of Saint Benedict on July 11
O
God, who filled your most blessed Confessor Benedict with the spirit
of all the righteous : grant us, your servants, who celebrate his
solemnity, that filled with his spirit, we may faithfully
accomplish, with your assistance, that which we have promised.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son.
Amen
Or
Lord, by your grace Saint Benedict became a great teacher in the
school of your service. Grant that we may put nothing before our
love of you, and may we walk eagerly in the path of your
commandments. We ask this through Jesus the Christ. Amen
Prayer after Communion
O
Lord, you graciously made blessed Benedict the father of many
peoples. Having all shared in the one bread, we ask you that through
his prayer you may favor your Church with unity and gladden her with
fruitfulness. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen
A prayer about Benedict from the People's Companion to the Breviary by the Carmelites of Indianapolis
O
God, you have endowed your servant Benedict with the gifts of prayer
and universal charity. His life, like the good tree planted near
living water, has born fruit in countless women and men who have
embraced his way of life. Bless your laboring church whose valiant
defender he was and whose inspiration he continues to be. We ask
this in Jesus name. Amen