Saint of the day · January 21
Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr — Memorial
Psalm of the day: Psalm 141
1 A Psalm by David. Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
2 Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
4 Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
7 “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”
8 For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.
Prayer of the day: Prayer to Saint George
Firearms will not reach my body, knives and spears will break without reaching my body, ropes and chains will break without tying my body.
Jesus Christ, protect me and defend me with the power of your holy and divine grace, Virgin of Nazareth, cover me with your sacred and divine mantle, protecting me in all my pains and afflictions, and God, with your divine mercy and great power, defend me and free me from evil and persecutions from enemies.
Glorious Saint George, in the name of God, extend your shield and your powerful weapons to me, defending me with your strength and your greatness, and may under the hooves of your faithful horse my enemies be humble and submissive to you.
So be it with the power of God, of Jesus and of the phalanx of the Divine Holy Spirit. Amen.
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