For
each day
Oh Saint Expeditus, my protector, in you I place my hope
that my petitions may be granted if they are for my own
good. Please ask Our Lord, through the intercession of
the Blessed Virgin, for the forgiveness of my sins, and
the grace to change my life, particularly the grace ...
(mention here the particular grace desired) and I promise
to follow your examples and will propagate this devotion
to you.
1st Day
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, through the lively
faith which was granted you by God, I ask you to awaken
the same faith in my heart, that I may also believe wholeheartedly
that there is God, but most particularly that I may be
saved from sinning against Him.
Three Our Fathers in honour of the Most Holy Trinity then
the concluding prayer.
Concluding Prayer for Each Day
Remember O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it
known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored
thy help, and sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin
of virgins, my Mother. To thee I come; before thee I stand,
sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate,
despise not my words but graciously hear and grant my
prayer. Amen.
One Hail Mary in honour of Our Lady of Sorrows.
2nd Day
My Lord Jesus Christ ...
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expedius, through the eviable
hope given you by God, pray that those of little belief
may be penetrated by some rays of hope so that they also
receive eternal things; please pray that ardent hope in
God be also given me and hold me steadfast in the midst
of sufferings.
Three Our Fathers then the concluding prayer.
3rd Day
My Lord Jesus Christ ...
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, through the endless
love which Our Lord planted in your heart, please remove
from mine all the shackles tied by worldliness, that without
them I may love only God in all eternity. Amen.
Three Our Fathers then the concluding prayer.
4th Day
My Lord Jesus Christ ...
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, who knew fully well
the teaching of the Divine Teacher to carry the cross
and follow Him, ask Him for the graces I need that I may
fight my own passions.
Three Our Fathers then the concluding prayer.
5th Day
My Lord Jesus Christ ...
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, through the bountiful
graces you received from Heaven that you may conserve
all your virtues, grant also that I may get rid of all
the feelings that block my way to Heaven.
Three Our Fathers then the concluding prayer.
6th Day
My Lord Jesus Christ ...
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, through the sufferings
and humiliations which you received for the love of God,
grant me also this grace which is very pleasing to God,
and free me from anger and hardness of heart which is
the stumbling block of my soul.
Three Our Fathers then the concluding prayer.
7th Day
My Lord Jesus Christ ...
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, you know that prayer
is the golden key that will open the Kingdom of Heaven,
teach me to pray in a manner which is desirable to Our
Lord and to His Heart, that I may live only for Him, that
I may die only for Him, and that I may pray only to Him
in all eternity.
Three Our Fathers then the concluding prayer.
8th Day
My Lord Jesus Christ ...
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, through the clean
desire that reigned in all your feelings, word and actions,
please let them guide me also in my endless search for
the glory of God and the good of my fellowmen.
Three Our Fathers then the concluding prayer.
9th Day
My Lord Jesus Christ ...
O Glorious Martyr, Saint Expeditus, who was so much loved
by the Queen of Heaven, that to you nothing was denied,
ask her, please my advocate, that through the sufferings
of her Divine Son and her own sorrows, I may receive this
day the grace I ask of you; but above all the grace to
die first before I commit any mortal sin. Amen.
Three Our Fathers then the concluding prayer.