SAINT PHILIP
October 11
Holy Father, no one is excluded from your love; and your truth transforms the minds of all who seek you in a spirit of sincerity and truth. We give thanks for your servant, Saint Philip, who proclaimed the mysteries of your salvation. Grant us a like grace to be heralds of the Gospel, proclaiming the love you have made so richly known to us through your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
SAINT LAZARUS
October 16
Most merciful Father, at the command of your Son you rose Lazarus from the dead, prefiguring both his triumph over the grave, and the universal resurrection at the end of the age. Grant that we may always bear in our hearts the hope of the opened grave made possible by the vanquisher of death, Jesus the Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
SAINT LUKE
October 18
Almighty Father, you inspired your servant Luke the physician, to set forth in the Gospel the love and healing power of your Son. Graciously continue in your Church the faithful proclamation of your love and your power to heal. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
SAINT JAMES OF JERUSALEM
October 22
Father, may your Church, following the example of your servant James the Just, give herself continually to prayer and to the reconciliation of all who are at variance and enmity with one another. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who he lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
SAINT LYDIA
October 26
Merciful Father, you inspired your servant Lydia to minister through deeds rooted in generosity and love. Grant us the will to love you, open our hearts to hear you, and strengthen our hands to serve you in others for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
SAINTS SIMON AND JUDE
October 29
We thank you, Father, for the mission and ministry of your holy apostles, Simon and Jude, and we pray that, as they were faithful and zealous in their mission, so we may with ardent devotion make known the love and mercy of your beloved Son, or Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
DAY OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN RECONCILIATION AND UNITY
October 31
Father, we lift before your compassionate heart the brokenness of the earthly Church. Send the Spirit among all your holy people: enable us to live as Jesus lived, break down our walls of hostility, and heal the enmities that exist between the many branches of our faith, that we may find the common heart of the Gospel to be our source of our unity and peace. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who he lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
ALL SAINTS' DAY
November 1
Almighty Father, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your only-begotten Son. Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that, with them, we may inherit the incomprehensible joy which you have prepared for those who truly love you. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
ALL SOULS' DAY
November 2
Loving Father, source of all life, we confess your Son as the Firstborn of the Dead who has shattered the gates of death and opened your Kingdom to all who believe. Strengthen our hope that you will raise our sisters and brothers to eternal life with you. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
SAINTS ELIZABETH AND ZECHARIAH
November 5
Father, you chose improbable servants to conceive and parent the forerunner of the Christ and, in so doing, demonstrated your strength at work amid the fallenness of our race. Grant that we, like your servants Elizabeth and Zechariah, may discover opportunities to love and serve you according to your good and gracious will. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
SAINT WILLIBRORD
First Archbishop of Utrecht
November 7
Father, we thank you for sending your servant Willibrord to proclaim the Gospel among the Frisian people, turning them from the worship of idols to serve you, the living God, and we beseech you to preserve us from the temptation to exchange the perfect freedom of your service for servitude to false gods and to idols of our own devising. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
SAINTS PHILEMON, APPHIA, AND ONESIMUS
November 20
Heavenly Father, your servant Onesimus returned to his former masters, Philemon and Apphia, not as a slave, but as a brother. Shatter within us any temptation to subjugate others, allow all resentment for past offenses cease and, in your mercy, grant that all may find themselves reconciled as brothers and sisters in your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
SAINT ANDREW
November 30
Almighty Father, you filled your apostle Andrew with such an abundance of grace that he readily obeyed the call of your Son, and brought his brother with him. Give us, who are called by your holy Word, grace to follow him without delay, and to bring those near to us into his gracious presence. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
THE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
December 8
Father Most High, you endued the Virgin Mary with wonderful virtue and the singular grace of bearing the Savior of the world. May we who call her blessed become members, with her, of the heavenly family of the One who was pleased to be called the first-born among many, your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.