Saint of the day · December 8
Immaculate Conception — Solemnity
Psalm of the day: Psalm 138
1 By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
2 I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
3 In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
4 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth.
5 Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, for Yahweh’s glory is great!
6 For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
7 Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
8 Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
Prayer of the day: Prayer to Saint Hedwig (Patroness of the Indebted)
You who, through your faith and trust in God, obtained the grace to overcome financial difficulties and to help so many who suffered, intercede for me before the Father.
Grant me, through your powerful intercession, the grace of (make your request).
Deliver me from debts, misery, and affliction.
Give me the strength to work with dignity, to honor my commitments, and to live with the serenity that comes from trust in God.
Amen.
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