St. Francis Xavier: Catholic Prayer on his Feast Day (Dec. 3)

Lord Jesus,
You have sent us to proclaim the Gospel to all nations,
and have promised to always remain with us.
Look upon this family
gathered on the feast day of St. Francis Xavier.
Pour out the abundance of your Spirit
upon each one of our brothers and sisters
especially on those who are called to ponder
upon the journey made
and to plan what has still to be done,
so that we may offer a more authentic service to mission.
Grant that we may ever be faithful to the Gospel
and to give an answer
to the hopes which the world places before your church today.
Stay with us, Lord,
when we gather around the table of your Bread and your Word,
and when we walk the paths of the world
side by side with our brothers and sisters.
Grant that we all find ourselves in heaven, our homeland,
after having been members of the same family on earth. Amen.

Catholic Prayer to Saint Francis Xavier

Great Saint Francis,
well beloved and full of charity,
in union with you
I reverently adore
the Divine Majesty.
I give thanks to God
for the singular gifts
of grace bestowed on you
in life and of glory
after death,
and I beg of you,
with all the affection
of my heart,
by your powerful intercession,
obtain for me the grace
to live a holy life
and die a holy death.
I beg you to obtain for me

mention your petition.

But if what I ask
is not for the glory of God
and for my well-being,
obtain for me,
I beseech you,
what will more
certainly attain
these ends.
Amen.