Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer in Honor of the Stigmata of St. Francis
A prayer of the Church asking Jesus for love and the grace to carry the Cross through the intercession of St. Francis of Assisi.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 779.
O Lord Jesus Christ, who when the world was growing cold, in order that the hearts of men might burn anew with the fire of Thy love, didst in the flesh of the most blessed Francis reproduce the stigmata of Thy passion: be mindful of his merits and prayers; and in Thy mercy vouchsafe to us the grace ever to carry Thy cross, and to bring forth worthy fruits of penance.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 779.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- This prayer of the Church asks Jesus for love and the grace to carry the Cross through the intercession of St. Francis of Assisi. It concerns Francis’s stigmata; it is not a prayer composed by Francis.
- Prayer intention
- Love of Jesus, the Cross, and penance.
- When to pray
- When meditating on the Passion or praying in honor of St. Francis.
- Connection with a saint
St. Francis of Assisi: Prayer asking the saint’s intercession. The printed prayer in With God (1911), page 779, asks the intercession of St. Francis of Assisi; it is not presented as a prayer used by the saint. Read the source.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 779. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer in Honor of the Stigmata of St. Francis
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 779.
O Lord Jesus Christ, who when the world was growing cold, in order that the hearts of men might burn anew with the fire of Thy love, didst in the flesh of the most blessed Francis reproduce the stigmata of Thy passion: be mindful of his merits and prayers; and in Thy mercy vouchsafe to us the grace ever to carry Thy cross, and to bring forth worthy fruits of penance.