Fr.. Denis A. V. Carter SSC
Crystallizing Prayer in the Soul
Eight Stages
Towards
Contemplative Prayer
A Retreat
By
Denis A.V. Carter S.S.C.
Society of Saint Columban
Knowle, 2005
PRAYER FOR ST. COLUMBAN’S
INTERCESSION
O Blessed Columban,
who in your zeal to follow Christ
left your homeland as a wanderer
and spent your life in suffering and exile,
help and protect, we humbly ask you,
the missionaries of our day
who have devoted their lives
to preaching the Gospel
throughout the world.
Obtain for them, we ask you,
that same wisdom and fortitude
by which you overcame the dangers
which beset your path,
and that firm faith and ardent love
which enabled you to endure gladly
the privations of this life
for the love of Christ
Assist and protect us, also,
Dear St. Columban,
So to live for God’s glory
That when our pilgrimage
Through this life is over,
We may share with you
In the joy of our heavenly home,
Through Christ our Lord, Amen.