Novena to St. Vincent de Paul

To all the faithful who make, at any time during the year, the novena in honor of St. Vincent de Paul, with any formula of prayer, provided it be approved by competent ecclesiastical authority, an indulgence of 300 days, each day; a plenary indulgence, during the course of the novena, on usual conditions.—Pius IX., Nov. 23, 1876.

PRAYER TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

O GLORIOUS St. Vincent, heavenly patron of all associations of charity and father of all the miserable; who during thy life never didst reject any one who had recourse to thee, ah! behold by how many evils we are afflicted, and come to our assistance. Obtain from Our Lord help for the poor; relief for the sick; consolation for the afflicted; protection for the abandoned; charity for the rich; conversion for sinners; zeal for priests; peace for the Church; tranquillity for the people; salvation for all. Let all experience the effects of thy merciful intercession, that, succored by thee in the miseries of this life, they may be united with thee above, where there will be neither sorrow, nor weeping, nor pain; but eternal joy and happiness. Amen.

Indulgence of 100 days, once a day.—Leo XIII., June 23, 1885.

ANOTHER PRAYER TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

O GOD, Who, for the sanctification of souls, and for the salvation of the poor especially, hast raised up, by our spiritual father, the blessed Vincent, a new family in Thy Church, grant, we beseech Thee, through his intercession, the favor that we now request (mention it), and the grace that we may imitate his virtues, and that, animated by his spirit, we may love what he loved and practice what he taught, through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, God, world without end. Amen.

Pray for us, St. Vincent; take us under thy fatherly protection, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.