Sep. 3, 2021
September 3, 2021: POPE ST. PIUS X
September 3, 2021: ST. PIUS X, POPE AND CONFESSOR
Rank: Double.
“I have laid help upon
one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people, with my holy oil I have anointed him. For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.”
(Ps, lxxxviii. 20-22)
Prayer (Collect).
O God, in order to preserve the Catholic Faith and to restore all things in Christ, You filled Saint Pius, Your Supreme Pontiff, with heavenly wisdom and apostolic zeal; graciously grant, that we, who follow his precepts and examples, may attain eternal rewards. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Heroes of the Church - Life of Pius X, by F. A. Forbes, Imprimatur 1918.
Taken from: Saint Joseph Daily Missal, Imprimatur 1957.
St. Pius X, pray for us.