Preparatory Prayer (located at the start of Part IV).

PRAYER IN HONOR OF ST. BLASE

O GOD, deliver us through the intercession of Thy holy bishop and martyr
Blase, from all evil of soul and body, especially from all ills of the
throat; and grant us the grace to make a good confession in the
confident hope of obtaining Thy pardon, and ever to praise with worthy
lips Thy most holy name. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

INVOCATION OF ST. BLASE

ST. BLASE, gracious benefactor of mankind and faithful servant of God,
who for the love of our Saviour didst suffer so many tortures with
patience and resignation; I invoke thy powerful intercession. Preserve
me from all evils of soul and body. Because of thy great merits God
endowed thee with the special grace to help those that suffer from ills
of the throat; relieve and preserve me from them, so that I may always
be able to fulfil my duties, and with the aid of God's grace perform
good works. I invoke thy help as special physician of souls, that I may
confess my sins sincerely in the holy sacrament of Penance and obtain
their forgiveness. I recommend to thy merciful intercession also those
who unfortunately concealed a sin in confession. Obtain for them the
grace to accuse themselves sincerely and contritely of the sin they
concealed, of the sacrilegious confessions and communions they made, and
of all the sins they committed since then, so that they may receive
pardon, the grace of God, and the remission of the eternal punishment.
Amen.

Prayer (located in St. George's novena).

III

Novena in Honor of St Erasmus

Preparatory Prayer (located at the start of Part IV).

PRAYER IN HONOR OF ST. ERASMUS

O GOD, grant us through the intercession of Thy dauntless bishop and
martyr Erasmus, who so valiantly confessed the Faith, that we may learn
the doctrine of this faith, practise its precepts, and thereby be made
worthy to attain its promises. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

INVOCATION OF ST. ERASMUS

HOLY martyr Erasmus, who didst willingly and bravely bear the trials and
sufferings of life, and by thy charity didst console many
fellow-sufferers; I implore thee to remember me in my needs and to
intercede for me with God. Staunch confessor of the Faith, victorious
vanquisher of all tortures, pray to Jesus for me and ask Him to grant me
the grace to live and die in the Faith through which thou didst obtain
the crown of glory. Amen.

Prayer (located in St. George's