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(The Workers Chapel)

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BOSTON, MASS.

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DEVOTIONS AFrER ALL
DAILY MASSES

Lower Chapel—6:00 - 7 :15 - 8:00
8:45-10:00-11:00-12:10

Upper Chapel—6:30 - 7 :30 - 8:15
9:00-12:30

ALSO: AFTERNOON DEVOTIONS
Lower Chapel—1:15-3:15-4:15

5:10-7:30

Upper Chapel—1 :30 - 4:45 - 5:45
(sermon at 3:15 and 7:30)

Sunday

Lower Chapel—3:00 and 7:30



Come, Holp #!)ost

(Kneeling, all sing)

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest,

And in our hearts take up Thy rest;
Come with Thy Grace and heavenly aid,

||:To fill the hearts which Thou hast

made. :||

PREPARATORY PRAYERS

In the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

V. Thou, 0 Lord, wilt open my lips.
R. And ray tongue shall announce Thy

praise.

V. Incline unto my aid, 0 God.
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be; world without end. Amen

Prayer

PRIEST AND PEOPLE: 0 God!
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Who
was pleased to reduce to the bosom of

Thy Church
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the nations of the Indies,
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through the preaching and miracles of

St. Francis Xavier,
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mercifully grant

us,
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that we may imitate his virtues,
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whose glorious merits we hold in venera-

tion.
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Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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PRIEST AND PEOPLE

:

PEOPLE : Eternal God,
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Creator of all

things,
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remember that Thou alone didst

create the souls of infidels,
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forming them

to Thy own image and likeness,
[

Remem-
ber, 0 Lord,

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Thy only Son, Jesus Christ,

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Who suffered for them,
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most bounti-

fully shedding His most precious blood.
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Suffer not, O Lord,
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Thy Son, and our

Lord to be any longer despised by infidels,

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but rather,
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being appeased by the en-

treaties and prayers of Thy elect, the
Saints, and of the Church,

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the most

blessed spouse of Thy Son,
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vouchsafe to

be mindful of Thy mercy,
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and forgetting

their idolatry and unbelief,
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cause them

also to know Him whom Thou didst send,
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Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Lord,
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Who
is our health, life and resurrection,

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through Whom we are made free and
saved,

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to Whom be all glory forever.
Amen.

petition draper

PRIEST AND PEOPLE : 0 most amiable
and loving St. Francis Xavier,

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in union

with thee,
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I adore the Divine Majesty.
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Whilst joyfully giving thanks to God
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for the wonderful graces
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which He
conferred upon thee in life,

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and for the

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great glory
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with which He has gifted
thee in heaven,

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I come to thee
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with

heartfelt love,
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begging thee to secure

for me,
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by thy powerful intercession,
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the inestimable blessings
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of living and

dying in the state of grace.
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I also be-

seech thee
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to obtain the favours I ask

in this Novena. (Here recommend your

Petitions.) But if what I ask
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is not for

the glory of God,
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nor for the good of

my soul,
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do thou obtain for me
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what

is most conducive to both. Amen.

PRIEST : Pray for us St. Francis Xavier.

PEOPLE : That we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.

Our Father, Holy Mary, Glory be to

the Father.

PRIEST AND PEOPLE:
(Standing, all sing)

Oh, Father St. Francis, we kneel at thy
feet

While blessings and favours we beg and
entreat,

That thou from thy bright throne in

heaven above

Wouldst look on thy clients with pity and

love.

St. Francis Xavier, Oh, pray, pray for us.

St. Francis Xavier, Oh, pray, pray for us.

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Oh, Father St. Francis, thy words were

once strong

Against Satan’s wiles and an infidel

throng,

Not less is thy might where in heaven thou

art;

Oh, come to o.ur aid, in our battle take

part.

St. Francis Xavier, Oh, pray, pray for us.

St. Francis Xavier, Oh, pray, pray for us.

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O God, Thou art the object of my love,
Not for the hope of endless joys above,

Not for the fear of endless pains below,

Which those who love Thee not must
undergo.

For me, and such as me, Thou once didst

bear

The ignominious cross, the nails, the

spear

;

A thorny crown transpierced Thy sacred
brow;

What bloody sweats from every member
flow!

Such as then was, and is Thy love to me,
Such is and shall be still my love for Thee;
Thy love, 0 Jesus, will I ever sing

—

O God of love, sweet Saviour, dearest
King!

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penebtctton of

)t Ple^seb Sacrament

PEOPLE: 0 Salutaris hostia,
Quae Coeli pandis ostium:

Bella premunt hostilia

Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino

Sit sempiterna gloria:

Qui vitam sine termino,

Nobis donet in patria.

Amen.

PEOPLE

:

Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui,

Et antiquum documentum

Novo cedat ritui;

Praestet tides supplementum

Sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque

Laus et jubilatio,

Salus, honor, virtus quoque

Sit et benedictio;

Procedenti ad utroque

Compar sit laudatio. Amen.

PRIEST: Panem de coelo praestitisti
eis.

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PEOPLE: Omne delectamentum in se
habentem.

Oremus

PRIEST: Deus qui nobis sub Sacra-
mento mirabili, passionis tuae memo-
riam reliquisti, tribue quaesumus, ita

nos corporis et sanguinis tui sacra mys-

teria venerari, ut redemptionis tuae

fructum in nobis jugiter sentiamus. Qui

vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum.

PEOPLE : Amen.

Holp #ob WBt $ratsie Q£i)p i^ame
Holy God, we praise Thy Name!
Lord of all, we bow before Thee!

All on earth Thy sceptre claim,
All in Heaven above adore Thee:

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Infinite Thy vast domain,

Everlasting is Thy reign.
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Imprimi Potest

:

FR. THOMAS PLASSMAN, O.F.M.
Minister Provincial

Nihil Obstat

:

RT. REV. HUGH F. BLUNT, LL.D.
Censor Librorum

Imprimatur :

fMOST REV. RICHARD J. CUSHING, D.D.
Archbishop of Boston

Boston, January 16, 1951