Infinitely merciful Father,
I offer You by the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary
with St. Joseph,
the nine choirs of Angels
and all the Saints,
the adorations, praises, love and infinite holiness of Your beloved Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
His heart wounded and burning with love,
O my God, I give You heartfelt thanks
for all the graces You have conferred on me.
Pardon me, I beseech You,
of all the negligence and the distractions
of which I have been guilty.
Give me strength to carry out the resolutions that I have made.
O most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
King and center of all hearts,
dwell in our hearts and be our King;
grant us by Your grace to love each other truly and chastely,
even as You have loved Your spotless Bride, the Church,
and have given Yourself up for her.
Pope Francis frequently reminds all Catholics that the Church is missionary and is called to reach out to the poor, to sinners, to unbelievers and to those who live on the margins of modern society. This challenge galvanized Columban father Michael Hoban and the Church in Chile to reach out to those who feel that there is no place for them in society.
O most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
King and center of all hearts,
dwell in our hearts and be our King;
grant us by Your grace to love each other truly and chastely,
even as You have loved Your spotless Bride, the Church,
and have given Yourself up for her.
O Mary, I wish I could see how
you behaved toward your father and mother,
especially toward St. Anne;
and then how you behaved toward the priests of the temple;
and then toward St. Joseph;
and toward St. Elizabeth,
and St. John the Baptist;
and afterwards toward the Apostles.
Since first coming to Japan as a missionary 60 years ago I have had a cultural curiosity! It is still with me. It makes missionary life interesting. Such events as festivals, customs, ways of thinking and acting fascinate me. And Japanese people delight in explaining things Japanese to a foreigner.
Holy Mary, my patron,
I ask you to pray for me to Jesus your son.
Through your constant prayers,
may God continue to guide my path
and help me to follow Jesus in love.
Holy Mary, pray for me
and for all the people of God.
Amen.
O Lord Jesus,
in order that the merits of your sacrifice on the Cross
might be applied to every soul of all time,
you willed that it should be renewed upon the altar.
At the Last Supper, you said:
"Do this in remembrance of me."
By these words you gave your apostles and their successors
O Guardian and father, Saint Joseph,
to whose faithful custody
Christ Jesus and Mary was committed;
I pray and beseech you by each of these dear pledges,
Jesus and Mary, that,
being preserved from all uncleanness,
I may with spotless mind, pure heart,
and a chaste body,
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.
We go in the name of the Church to announce, by deed and word, the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Missionary Society of St. Columban
1902 N. Calhoun
St. Columbans, NE 68056
Phone: 877-299-1920
Fax: 402-291-4984
email: mission@columban.org
