lord, have mercy on us. christ, have mercy on us. lord, have mercy on us. christ, hear us. christ, graciously hear us. response: pray for us. holy mary, st. john berchmans, whom the lord preserved from evil, st. john berchmans, who did all things well, st. john berchmans, faithful in little things, st. john berchmans, devoted server at holy mass, st. john berchmans, obedient to your parents, st. john berchmans, submissive to your teachers, st. john berchmans, model for your companions, st. john berchmans, who from the earliest childhood chose the blessed virgin as guardian of your chastity, st. john berchmans, who so tenderly called mary your mother, st. john berchmans, zealous promoter of devotion to mary, st. john berchmans, mirror of the religious life, st. john berchmans, lover of the blessed sacrament, st. john berchmans, lover of the missions, st. john berchmans, lover of mortification, st. john berchmans, faithful to your holy rule, st. john berchmans, faithful imitator of st. aloysius, st. john berchmans, ornament of the society of jesus, st. john berchmans, model of students, st. john berchmans, patron of youth, lamb of god, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, o lord. lamb of god, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, o lord. lamb of god, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. christ, hear us. christ, graciously hear us. v. pray for us, saint john berchmans, r. that we may be worthy of the promises of christ. let us pray grant, we beseech you, o lord god, that we your servants may follow, in your service, the example of innocence and fidelity by which the angelic st. john berchmans consecrated to you the flower of his youth, through christ our lord. r. amen. |