Prayer to St. Cecilia
Patron Saint of Musicians
O glorious saint, who chose to die
Instead of denying your King.
We pray you please to help us
As His fair praise we sing!
We lift our hearts in joyous song
To honor Him this way,
And while we sing, remembering,
To sing is to doubly pray.
At once in our hearts and in our tongues
We offer double prayer
Sent heavenward on winged notes
To praise God dwelling there.
While in our hearts and tongues we try
With song to praise God twice,
We ask dear saint, to help us be
United closed to Christ!
Prayer to St Genesius
Actor and Martyr
Holy St Genesius, martyr for Christ,
by the grace of the Holy Spirit
through your acting you came to discover
the truth of the Christian faith.
In your first profession of that faith
you were baptized through the shedding of your blood,
offering your life for the praise and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Pray for those who dedicate their lives
to the theatrical and cinematic arts.
Like you, may they find the presence
of the Lord in their work and generously open their hearts
to His teaching, living it in the midst of the challenges
and demands of their calling.
In this novena, I remember most especially…., commending him/her to your care.
Let us pray:
Eternal Father, in your love You call all men and women to come to know You and to share in Your divine life. Through the intercession of Your martyr, Genesius, who responded so generously to the grace of conversion, grant that the same grace may be given to those who as yet do not know You, and may be renewed in those who do. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
