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September Saints (Part 2/3)

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 Middle 10 days (11-20) of the Missal for the Month of September. Below are the Prayers for:

  • September 12 - The Most Holy Name of Mary

  • September 13 - Saint John Chrysostom

  • September 14 - THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS

  • September 15 - Our Lady of Sorrows

  • September 16 - Saints Cornelius

  • September 17 - Saint Robert Bellarmine

  • September 19 - Saint Januarius

  • September 20 - Saint Andrew Kim Tae-go ̆n and Paul Cho ̆ng Ha-sang, and Companions


September 12 - The Most Holy Name of Mary

Grant, we pray, almighty God,

that, for all who celebrate the glorious Name

of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

she may obtain your merciful favor.

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.


September 13 - Saint John Chrysostom

O God, strength of those who hope in you,

who willed that the Bishop Saint John Chrysostom

should be illustrious by his wonderful eloquence

and his experience of suffering,

grant us, we pray,

that, instructed by his teachings,

we may be strengthened through the example

of his invincible patience.

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.


September 14 - THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS

O God, who willed that your Only Begotten Son

should undergo the Cross

to save the human race, grant, we pray,

that we, who have known his mystery on earth,

may merit the grace of his redemption in heaven.

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.


September 15 - Our Lady of Sorrows

O God, who willed

that, when your Son was lifted high on the Cross,

his Mother should stand close by

and share his suffering, grant that your Church,

participating with the Virgin Mary in the Passion of Christ,

may merit a share in his Resurrection.

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

one God, for ever and ever.


September 16 - Saints Cornelius and Cyprian

O God, who gave Saints Cornelius and Cyprian

to your people as diligent shepherds and valiant Martyrs,

grant that through their intercession

we may be strengthened in faith and constancy

and spend ourselves without reserve

for the unity of 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.


September 17 - Saint Robert Bellarmine

O God, who adorned the Bishop Saint Robert Bellarmine

with wonderful learning and virtue

to vindicate the faith of your Church,

grant, through his intercession,

that in the integrity of that same faith

your people may always find joy.

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.


September 19 - Saint Januarius

O God, who grant us to venerate

the memory of the Martyr Saint Januarius,

give us, we pray, the joy of his company

in blessed happiness for all eternity.

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.


September 20 - Saint Andrew Kim Tae-go ̆n and Paul Cho ̆ng Ha-sang,

and Companions

O God, who have been pleased to increase

your adopted children in all the world,

and who made the blood of the Martyrs

Saint Andrew Kim Tae-go ̆n and his companions

a most fruitful seed of Christians,

grant that we may be defended by their help

and profit always from their example.

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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