Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Saint Nicholas Day

 And not for the first time, herewith the collect for St Nicholas, the most succinct and to the point in the calendar:

O God, who didst adorn Thy blessed Bishop Saint Nicholas with power to work many and great miracles: grant, we beseech Thee: that by his prayers and merits, we may be delivered from the fires of Hell.  Through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

 

 

And while we're on the subject of collects, two more short prayers  -- O.K., not  exactly collects --  that are increasingly appropriate to the present time, if not the day in particular.  From the Aid to the Church in Need charity, a prayer to our Lady:

Mother, now that the need is at its greatest and the powers of darkness seem to have free rein, we come to you with childlike trust and implore your powerful aid.  We consecrate ourselves to you. Preserve us in the love of your Son, protect us from the evil of this world and lead us safe to the heart of God.  Amen.


And one from the shrine of Our Lady of Victory.  Fortunately, it's expressed in the plural for I have several in mind:

O Victorious Lady!  You who have ever such owerful influence with your Divine Son in conquering the hardest of hearts, intercede for those for whom we pray that their hearts, being softened by the rays of the  Divine Grace, they may return to the unitiy of the true faith.  Through Christ, our Lord.  Amen.  (By the Venerable Nelson Baker.)

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