Plenary Indulgence available

Sunday 25 January marks the conversion of Saint Paul in the Roman Martyrology. A plenary indulgence is available under the usual conditions of Confession, Holy Communion, and prayers for the intentions of the Pope.

To mark this day we will pray the Litany of Saint Paul after Mass:

Lord have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord have mercy.

Christ hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.
Queen conceived without original sin, pray for us.

Saint Paul, pray for us.
Apostle of the Gentiles, pray for us.
Vessel of Election, pray for us.
Saint Paul, who wast rapt to the third heaven, pray for us.
Saint Paul, who heard things not given to man to utter, pray for us.
Saint Paul, who knew nothing but Christ, and Him crucified, pray for us.
Saint Paul, whose love for Christ was stronger than death, pray for us.
Saint Paul, who wished to be dissolved and be with Christ, pray for us.
Saint Paul, whose zeal knew no bounds, pray for us.
Saint Paul, who made thyself all to all, to gain all to Christ, pray for us.
Saint Paul, who called thyself prisoner of Christ for us, pray for us.
Saint Paul, who wast jealous of us, with the jealousy of God, pray for us.
Saint Paul, who glories only in the Cross of Christ, pray for us.
Saint Paul, who bore in thy body the mortification of Christ, pray for us.
Saint Paul, who exclaimed: With Christ I am nailed to the cross! pray for us.
Saint Paul, that we may awake and sin no more, pray for us.

That we may not receive the grace of God in vain, pray for us.
That we may walk in newness of life, pray for us.
That we may work out our salvation with fear and trembling, pray for us.
That we may put on the armor of God, pray for us.
That we may stand against the deceits of the wicked one, pray for us.
That we may stand fast to the last, pray for us.
That we may press forward to the mark, pray for us.
That we may win the crown, pray for us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world:
Have mercy on us.

Let us pray: O God, Who hast taught the whole world by the preaching of blessed Paul the Apostle: grant that we, who celebrate his memory, may by following his example be drawn unto Thee. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who with Thee livest and reignest in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Amen.