September 3, 2022: POPE ST. PIUS X

September 3, 2022: 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.