Prayer of Forgiveness

From the Book of Offering, Saint John Maron (March 2)

O Christ our God, Sun of Justice and Light of the Father, in your humility you taught us and gave us a perfect example of service. As we celebrate today the feast of our father, Saint John Maron, by meditating on his way of life and following his example, we cry out, proclaiming:

Blessed are you, Saint John Maron, for you began a blessed era in the history of our Church when you became our first patriarch.

Blessed are you, for you inspired hearts and minds, by your teaching and example, and confirmed believers in the true faith.

Blessed are you, for you were pleased to go to Lebanon to serve and guide your people.

Blessed are you, for you fought the good fight for your people: you cared for the sick and the poor, and you established churches and monasteries, strengthening the holy Catholic faith, until God called you, in the state of holiness, to his heavenly kingdom.

Now, O Christ our God, we ask you, through the intercession of our father Saint John Maron, and with the fragrance of this incense, to confirm the children of your holy Church in the true faith and to keep away all divisions and strife from her.

With your Mother Mary, our father Saint John Maron, and all our holy fathers, make us worthy to meet you in your heavenly kingdom, that we may raise glory and thanks to you, to your Father, and to your Holy Spirit, for ever.

Amen.

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