O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe that your divine Son became man, and died for our sins and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy… Continue reading Act of Faith
I give myself and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, my person and my life, my actions, pains and sufferings, so that I may be unwilling to make use of any part of my being other than to honor, love and glorify the Sacred Heart. This is my unchanging purpose, namely,… Continue reading Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
O my God, I love you above all things with my whole heart and soul, because you are all good and worthy of all my love I love my neighbor as myself for the love of you I forgive all who have injured me and ask pardon for all whom I have injured
Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin I venerate you with all my heart, O Virgin most holy, above all angels and saints in paradise, as the daughter of the Eternal Father, and to you I consecrate my soul with all its powers. Hail Mary. I venerate you with all my heart, O Virgin most… Continue reading Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin
Letter to the Jesuits of Europe by St. Francis Xavier from Amboina in India, May 10th 1546 “I have decided to go to the Moro Islands to assist the Christians in spiritual matters, exposing myself to every danger of death, placing all my confidence and hope in God our Lord, desiring to conform myself, in keeping… Continue reading Letter to the Jesuits of Europe by St. Francis Xavier from Amboina in India
“May God our Lord grant us in time the gift to perceive His holy will. He wishes that we should always be ready to fulfil it whenever he manifests it to us and lets us feel it within our souls. To fare well in this life, we must be pilgrims ready to go wherever we… Continue reading Letter from St. Francis Xavier to Francisco Mansilhas SJ
“I therefore ask God our Lord to grant us to know and experience his most holy will and, once we have experienced it, great strength and much grace to fulfil it with charity in this life.” St. Francis Xavier from Cochin in India, 27th January 1545
Quotes from the Great Missionary St. Francis Xavier The better friends you are, the straighter you can talk, but while you are only on nodding terms, be slow to scold. Speak to them of the great mercy of God… Sometimes people are helped by your telling of your own lamentable past. Would to God these… Continue reading Quotes from the Great Missionary St. Francis Xavier
Letter from St. Francis Xavier to the King John III of Portugal, from Malacca in Malaysia, 23rd June 1549 “May our Lord increase the days of your life for many years, and may he grant you to feel in this present life his most holy will and the spiritual strength to fulfil it, so that… Continue reading Letter from St. Francis Xavier to the King John III of Portugal
O most kind and loving saint, in union with you I adore the most divine majesty. The memory of the favours with which God blessed you during life, and of your glory after death, fills me with joy. And I unite with you in offering to him my humble tribute of thanksgiving and praise. I… Continue reading Traditional Novena Prayer – Novena of Grace
