August Collects

August 1

O God who constantly raise up in your church

New examples of virtue

Grant that we may follow so closely in the footsteps

Of Saint Alphonsus Ligouri in his zeal for souls

As to attain the same rewards that are his in heaven

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 2: Our Lady of the Angels

Father, as we honor the glorious memory of the Virgin Mary, Queen of Angels, we ask that by the help of her prayers se too may come to share the fullness of your grace. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, Who lives and reigns with you In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 4

Saint John Vianney, priest

Almighty and Merciful God, who made the priest Saint John Vianney wonderful in his pastoral zeal, grant, we pray, that through his intercession and example we may in charity win brothers and sisters for Christ and attain with them eternal glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, Who lives and reigns with you In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 7

Saint Sixtus II, Pope, and his companions, martyrs

By the power of the Holy Spirit

We pray Almighty God 
make us docile in believing the faith

and courageous in confessing it,

just as you granted Saint Sixtus and his companions

that they might lay down their lives 

for the sake of your word and in witness to Jesus

Who lives and reigns with you In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 8

May Saint Dominic come to the help of your Church

By his merits and teaching, O Lord

And may he,  who was an outstanding preacher

Of your truth

Be a devoted intercessor on our behalf.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 9: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

God of our Fathers, who brought the Martyr Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross to know your crucified Son and to imitate him even until death, grant, through her intercession, that the whole human race may acknowledge Christ as its Savior and through him come to behold you for eternity. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

August 10

O God, giver of that ardor of love for you

By which Saint Lawrence

was outstandingly faithful in service

And glorious in martyrdom,

Grant that we may love what he loved

And put into practice what he taught.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 11: Saint Clare

O God, who in your mercy led Saint Clare to a love of poverty, grant, through her intercession, that, following Christ in poverty of spirit, we may merit to contemplate you one day in the heavenly Kingdom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

August 13

O God who made Saint Frances de Chantal

Radiant with outstanding merits in different walks of life

Grant us, through her intercession,

That, walking faithfully in our vocation,

We may constantly be examples of shining light.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 14

O God who filled the Priest and Martyr

Saint Maximilian Kolbe

With a burning love for the Immaculate Heart of Mary

And with zeal for souls and love of neighbor,

Graciously grant, through his intercession

That striving for your glory by eagerly serving others

We may be conformed, even until death, to your son.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 15

Almighty ever-living God

Who assumed the Immaculate Virgin Mary,

The Mother of your Son,

Body and soul into heavenly glory,

Grant, we pray,

That, always attentive to the things that are above

We may merit to be sharers of her glory.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 16: Grant your Church, we pray, almighty God, that she may have Saint Stephen of Hungary, who fostered her growth while a king on earth, as her glorious defender in heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

August 19: Saint John Eudes

O God, who wonderfully chose the Priest Saint John Eudes to proclaim the unfathomable riches of Christ, grant us, by his example and teachings, that, growing in knowledge of you, we may live faithfully by the light of the Gospel. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

August 20 - Saint Bernard

O God who made of the Abbot Saint Bernard

A man consumed with zeal for your house

And a light shining and burning in your Church,

Grant through his intercession,

That we may be on fire with the same spirit

And walk always as children of the light.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 21,

O God, who to safeguard the Catholic faith and to restore all things in Christ, filled Pope Saint Pius the Tenth with heavenly wisdom and apostolic fortitude, graciously grant that, following his teaching and example, we may gain an eternal prize. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
August 22: Queenship of Mary
O God, who made the Mother of your Son
to be our Mother and our Queen,
graciously grant that, sustained by her intercession,
we may attain in the heavenly Kingdom
the glory promised to your children.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

August 25

O God who brought Saint Louis

from the cares of earthly rule

to the glory of a heavenly realm,

Grant we pray through his intercession

that by fulfilling our duties on earth

we may seek out your eternal kingdom.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 27: Saint Monica

O God who console the sorrowful and

who mercifully accepted the motherly tears

of Saint Monica for the conversion of her son Augustine

Grant us through the intercession of them both

That we may bitterly regret our sins

And find the grace of your pardon

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 28: Saint Augustine

Renew in your Church we pray, O God,

The spirit with which you endowed

Your bishop Saint Augustine

that filled with the same spirit

we may thirst for you,

the sole fount of true wisdom

and seek you the author of heavenly love

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.

August 29: Passion of Saint John the Baptist

O God, who willed that Saint John the Baptist should go ahead of your Son both in his birth and in his death, grant that, as he died a Martyr for truth and justice, we, too, may fight hard for the confession of what you teach. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

August 30 -- Rose of Lima

O God, you set Saint Rose of Lima on fire with love

So that, secluded from the world

In the austerity of a life of penance,

She might give herself to you alone;

Grant, we pray, that through her intercession,

We may tread the paths of life on earth

And drink at the stream of your delights in heaven.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, forever and ever.