Lest You Remain

P RAYER FOR THE BEATIFICATION OF THE V ENERABLE S ERVANT OF G OD , F ATHER S TANISLAUS P APCZY < SKI Let us pray that God will raise the Venerable Servant of God, Father Stanislaus Papczy < ski to the altars and ask his intercession for us with God. Lord God, You called Your Servant Stanislaus to found the Order of the Immaculate Virgin. Raise him to the altars and let his work grow in his homeland and in the entire Church. We ask You, hear us, O Lord. O Lord Jesus, You gave us in Your Servant Stanislaus an example of devotion to the Immaculate Virgin Mary. Give us by his example the grace to imitate her virtues. We ask You, hear us, O Lord. O Holy Spirit, You are the inspiration of the Church’s shepherds. Teach us, by the example of Your Servant Stanislaus, to be zealous in supporting them as they announce the Gospel to all the nations. We ask You, hear us, O Lord. O Lord, Just Judge, You filled the heart of Your Servant Stanislaus with love for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Give us a zeal to remember the departed by our prayer, penitence, and sacrifice. We ask You, hear us, O Lord. Most holy and undivided Trinity, You choose to live in the hearts of Your faith- ful servants, and after their death to reward their merits with the glory of heaven. Grant, we implore You, that Your Servant Stanislaus, who with apostolic zeal faith- fully served the Church under the patronage of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, may be numbered among the Blessed, through Christ our Lord. Amen.