Prayer to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

Lord Jesus, holy supreme first apostles Peter, and especially Paul, endowed by Your grace with various wonderful gifts, upon You—the cornerstone, like a rock—together with Your other faithful disciples and followers, have built the universal Church of Christ, one and whole in the diversity and spiritual wealth of the different traditions and rites of East and West. The holy apostles drank the Lord’s cup and became friends of God. We pray and beseech You, Lord, that You grant us proper spiritual guides—priests and shepherds—whom we need and who, through Your holiness and righteousness, will be holy and righteous.

Jesus, You chose the holy Peter and especially Paul, as well as Your other apostles and evangelists, and gave them to us as the first teachers of Your faith and knowledge. We pray and beseech You for today’s spiritual leaders, teachers and educators: endow them with apostolic devotion and fidelity in serving You and Your flock.

Through Your apostles, Lord, now You call us to restore the original—in brotherly Christ‑loving and mutual respect—unity and gathering of Your people of the New Covenant, to spread and establish it, first and foremost, in the hearts and souls of people of all tribes and nations of the Kingdom of God, even to the farthest ends of the earth; cause us, filled, inspired and guided by Your Holy Spirit, to be active and zealous co‑workers with You.

Lord, cause Your holy Church to correctly and faithfully preserve the teaching of the Christ‑apostles, from whom it received the beginnings of faith and whose blood enlivened the Body of Christ. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit—God forever and ever. Amen.

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