Fiat Luisa

The Three Appeals Lessons as taught by Fr. Thomas Celso

COLLECT PRAYER (3/12/2022)

Turn our hearts to you, eternal Father, and grant that, seeking always  the one thing necessary and carrying out works of charity, we may be  dedicated to your worship. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who  lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever  and ever.

Fiat!~Amen!

The Three Appeals Lessons as taught by Fr. Thomas Celso

COLLECT PRAYER (3/11/2022)

Grant that your faithful, O Lord, we pray, may be so conformed to the  paschal observances, that the bodily discipline now solemnly begun may  bear fruit in the souls of all. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,  who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for  ever and ever.

Fiat!~Amen!

The Three Appeals Lessons as taught by Fr. Thomas Celso

COLLECT PRAYER (3/9/2022)

Bestow on us, we pray, O Lord, a spirit of always pondering on what is  right and of hastening to carry it out, and, since without you we cannot  exist, may we be enabled to live according to your will. Through our  Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity  of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Fiat!~Amen!

The Three Appeals Lessons as taught by Fr. Thomas Celso

COLLECT PRAYER (3/9/2022)

Look kindly, Lord, we pray, on the devotion of your people, that those  who by their self-denial are restrained in body may by the fruit of good  works be renewed in mind. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who  lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever  and ever.

Collect Prayer Optional Memorial (3/9/2022)

O God, who have given us in Saint Frances of Rome a singular model of  both married and monastic life, grant us perseverance in your service,  that in every circumstance of life we may see and follow you. Through  our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the  unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Fiat!~Amen!

The Three Appeals Lessons as taught by Fr. Thomas Celso

COLLECT PRAYER (3/8/2022)

Look upon your family, Lord, that, through the chastening effects of  bodily discipline, our minds may be radiant in your presence with the  strength of our yearning for you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your  Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,  for ever and ever.

Collect Prayer Optional Memorial (3/8/2022)

O God, who filled Saint John of God with a spirit of compassion, grant,  we pray, that, giving ourselves to works of charity, we may merit to be  found among the elect in your Kingdom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ,  your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,  God, for ever and ever.

Fiat!~Amen!

The Three Appeals Lessons as taught by Fr. Thomas Celso

COLLECT PRAYER (3/7/2022)

Convert us, O God our Savior, and instruct our minds by heavenly  teaching, that we may benefit from the works of Lent. Through our Lord  Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of  the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Collect Prayer Optional Memorial (3/7/2022)

O God, at the urging  of whose love the Martyrs Saints Perpetua and Felicity defied their  persecutors and overcame the torment of earth, grant, we ask, by their  prayers, that we may ever grow in your love. Through our Lord Jesus  Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy  Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Fiat!~Amen!

The Three Appeals Lessons as taught by Fr. Thomas Celso

COLLECT PRAYER (3/6/2022)

Grant, almighty God, through the yearly observances of holy Lent, that  we may grow in understanding of the riches hidden in Christ and by  worthy conduct pursue their effects. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your  Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,  God, for ever and ever.

Fiat!~Amen!

he Three Appeals Lessons as taught by Fr. Thomas Celso

COLLECT PRAYER (3/5/2022)

Almighty ever-living God look with compassion on our weakness and ensure  us your protection by stretching forth the right hand of your majesty.  Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you  in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Fiat!~Amen!

The Three Appeals Lessons as taught by Fr. Thomas Celso

COLLECT PRAYER (3/4/2022)

Show gracious favor, O Lord, we pray, to the works of penance we have  begun, that we may have strength to accomplish with sincerity the bodily  observances we undertake. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who  lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever  and ever.

COLLECT PRAYER Optional Memorial (3/4/2022)

Almighty God, to serve you is to reign; grant that, with the help of  Saint Casimir's intercession, we may constantly serve you in holiness  and justice. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and  reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Fiat!~Amen!

The Three Appeals Lessons as taught by Fr. Thomas Celso

COLLECT PRAYER (3/3/2022)

Prompt our actions with your inspiration, we pray, O Lord, and  further them with your constant help, that all we do may always begin  from you and by you be brought to completion. Through our Lord Jesus  Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy  Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

COLLECT PRAYER Optional Memorial (3/3/2022)

God of love, you called Saint  Katharine Drexel to teach the message of the Gospel and to bring the  life of the Eucharist to the Native American and African American  peoples; by her prayers and example, enable us to work for justice among  the poor and the oppressed, and keep us undivided in love in the  Eucharistic community of your Church. Through our Lord Jesus Christ,  your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,  God, for ever and ever.

Fiat!~Amen!