NOVENAS AND PRAYERS

OPENING PRAYER FOR EACH DAY In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen! Kindly Father Eustáquio, great friend and benefactor of suffering souls, through your intercession, please grant me the grace I so desperately long for: (make your request) I renew my baptismal commitments to live as a good Christian. I promise to pray and collaborate so that you will soon be recognized as a Saint for the greater honor and glory of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of the Holy Church. Amen! FIRST DAY Father Eustáquio and the virtue of Faith

Saint Joseph, self-sacrificing spouse of Mary, tender foster father of the Child Jesus, protector and support of the Holy Family, through your intercession with Jesus and Mary, grant me what I so ardently ask for myself and for my loved ones. I place myself entirely under your powerful protection, alongside Jesus and Mary, who under your holy protection fled to safety and safely returned.

In God's mercy I wait. Only God's mercy can give me hope. Oh, my Jesus, please hide me in the wound of your Divine Mercy. Heart of Jesus, Ocean of goodness, perennial Source of mercy, Deign to answer my prayers. Amen!

Composed by Dom Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte-MG: Father of Mercy, God of all consolation, through the intercession of Blessed Eustace, missionary of Health and Peace, look kindly upon your people, this time in their history, and grant to each of us the grace we need so that, in our physical and spiritual wholeness, reconciled with you, we may be your instruments for the building up of society, in justice, solidarity, and love, announcing, along the way, the definitive Kingdom. (Silence to implore the grace to be obtained) Through Jesus Christ, Lord of Peace, our brother, Master and Redeemer, make us...,

Composed by Bishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte-MG Father of Mercy, God of all consolation, through the intercession of Blessed Eustáquio, Missionary of Health and Peace, look benignly upon your people at this time in their history, and grant each one of us the grace we need so that in our physical and spiritual wholeness, reconciled with you, we may be your instruments for building up society in justice, solidarity and love, announcing the definitive Kingdom on the way.

Approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in August 20th, 2011 (Prot. Num. 319/11/L) August 30th Blessed Eustáquio van Lieshout, priest Memorial Introductory Antiphon: Cf. Matt 14,14 When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick. Prayer of the day: