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July Saints (Part 1/3)

As it says in Grant 21, regarding Prayer in Honor of the Saints

  1. §1  A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who on the memorial of any saint listed in the calendar recite in that saint’s honor the prayer taken from the Missal or another one approved by legitimate authority.


In this Grant any saint listed in the calendar is applicable to open up the opportunity of this partial indulgence to the faithful, not just those saints mentioned in the Missal. HOWEVER! The Missal is especially mentioned, which is great because this book lists at least one saint for almost every day.

(If you would like to gain this indulgence, but there isn’t a prayer in the Missal for that saint, there are a few prayers below that I believe should work as “approved” prayers. Just plug in that saint’s name and pray on their memorial/feast date.)


Here is the list of *most of the saints/prayers mentioned in the first 10 days (1-10) of the Missal for the Month of July. Below are the Prayers for:

  • July 1 - Blessed Junípero Serra, Priest

  • July 3 - SAINT THOMAS, APOSTLE

  • July 5 - Saint Anthony Zaccaria, Priest

  • July 5 - Saint Elizabeth of Portugal

  • July 6 - Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr

  • July 9 - Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs


July 1 - Blessed Junípero Serra, Priest

O God, who by your ineffable mercy

have been pleased through the labors

of your priest Blessed Junípero Serrato

count many American peoples within your Church,

grant by his intercession

that we may so join our hearts to you in love,

as to carry always and everywhere before all people

the image of your Only Begotten Son.

Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.


July 3 - SAINT THOMAS, APOSTLE

Grant, almighty God,

that we may glory

in the Feast of the blessed Apostle Thomas,

so that we may always be sustained by his intercession

and, believing, may have life

in the name of Jesus Christ your Son,

whom Thomas acknowledged as the Lord.

Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.


July 5 - Saint Anthony Zaccaria, Priest

Grant, O Lord, that in the spirit of the Apostle Paul

we may pursue the surpassing knowledge

of Jesus Christ, for, having learned it,

Saint Anthony Zaccaria

constantly preached your saving word in the Church.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.


July 5 - Saint Elizabeth of Portugal

O God, author of peace and lover of charity,

who adorned Saint Elizabeth of Portugal

with a marvelous grace for reconciling those in conflict,

grant, through her intercession,

that we may become peacemakers,

and so be called children of God.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.


July 6 - Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr

O God, author of innocence and lover of chastity,

who bestowed the grace of martyrdom

on your handmaid, the Virgin Saint Maria Goretti,

in her youth, grant, we pray, through her intercession,

that, as you gave her a crown for her steadfastness,

so we, too, may be firmin obeying your commandments.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.


July 9 - Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs

O God, who in your wonderful providence

have strengthened your Church

through the confession of the Martyrs

Saint Augustine Zhao and companions,

grant that your people,

faithful to the mission entrusted to it,

may enjoy ever greater freedom

and witness to the truth before the world.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.


As promised, here is some instruction and prayers that should be good to use when praying with a saint who has no special Missal prayer. Firstly, there is a short invocation that can be used with anyone, especially any saint. You have likely heard of this, but it is stated as such:

  • (name of person) pray for us/me”

This is such a basic and long standing prayer, and it is used repeatedly in the lives of the faithful when asking for intercession (from the living or departed). But, going further so to give our prayers a little more substance and potential for meditation, remember that there are other approved prayers from the Church that this short invocation often follows on other occasions as well. Those most basic prayers are as follows:

  • Our Father

  • Hail Mary

  • Glory Be

  • Apostles Creed

  • Nicene Creed

Any one of these prayers, followed by the ‘Pray of us’ invocation should suffice for this indulgence. Then, just to further the thought, if for any reason one is looking for a prayer more geared towards the intercession of the saints, here provided are two (2) prayers recited within the context of the Mass. The first is the Penitential Act prayer, the second is the “Collect” prayer taken from All Saints Day.


Penitential Act

I confess to almighty God,

and to you, my brothers and sisters,

that I have greatly sinned

through my own fault, in my thoughts and in my words,

in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do;

through my fault, through my fault

through my most grievous fault

therefore I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin,

all the angels and saints,

and you, my brothers and sisters,

to pray for me to the Lord our God.

*(name of person) pray for us


Collect - All Saints Day

Almighty ever-living God,

by whose gift we venerate in one celebration

the merits of all the Saints,

bestow on us, we pray,

through the prayers of so many intercessors,

an abundance of the reconciliation with you

for which we earnestly long.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

*(name of person) pray for us

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