Fulfil, O father, what thou hast promised, and help us by thy prayers
Sunday, January 17th, 2010Haiti was originally called Santo Domingo, with the capital city named Santo Domingo de Guzman, and so, begging his intercession for the suffering people of Haiti, I offer the Chaplet of St. Dominic, also called “A Cry of Anguish” because it used in times of distress. It may be prayed on a normal rosary.
On the large beads, pray the O Spem Miram:
O wonderful hope, which thou gavest to those who wept for thee, at the hour of thy death, promising, after thy departure, to be helpful to thy brethren!
R. Fulfill, O father, what thou hast said, and help us by thy prayers.
V. O thou who didst shine illustrious by so many miracles, wrought on the bodies of the sick, bring us the help of Christ to heal our sick souls.
R. Fulfill, O father, what thou hast said, and help us by thy prayers.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R. Fulfill, O father, what thou hast said, and help us by thy prayers.
V. Pray for us blessed father Dominic.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. O God, who hast enlightened Thy Church by the eminent virtues and preaching of blessed Dominic, Thy confessor and our father, mercifully grant that by his prayers it may never lack temporal help, and may ever increase in all spiritual good. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
On the small beads, pray:
Holy Father, cast thy mind
on the work thy hands designed;
In the Judge’s presence stand
For thy poor and lowly band.
At the end, pray:
V. Pray for us, O Holy Father, St. Dominic.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
God, whose property it is always to have mercy and to spare, we humbly beseech Thee, that we, who spoil the works of Thy glory by our sins and are justly afflicted for what we have done, may, by the merits and intercession of blessed Dominic, Thy confessor and our father, be comforted in our trials, and ever obey Thy divine will. Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son. Amen.
And, because James 2:15-17 is a passage I try* and live my life by:
Donations to the Disasters Emergency Committee can be made here, or, if you have a UK mobile phone, text GIVE to 70077 to donate £5 to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for Haiti. £5 goes to DEC. You pay £5 plus your network SMS rate. I know O2 have waived their charges so DEC gets the full amount of the donation.
*try!
[Sorry this is so late, I have, perforce, been otherwise occupied. As such things go, the funeral went, although I was expecting to read from Matthew's Gospel and the look of raw panic that crossed my face at a gallop when the Minister announced that "Rosamundi will now read from the Gospel of Mark," was, apparently, pure comedy gold.]
