Loving Father, you chose Catherine McAuley for the service of your people who are poor, sick and uneducated. You inspired her to found the Sisters of Mercy so that these good works might endure. Give to each of us a portion of her compassionate spirit and an ardent desire to serve your suffering people. Bless all our undertakings and grant that union and charity may always thrive among us.Graciously hear our prayer for Catherine, and by granting the favours we ask through her intercession, hasten the day when her sanctity will be celebrated by all the church. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayer for a Sick Person

O beloved Catherine, though the power of my most compassionate Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1 humbly beseech you to look with love and pity on Mary Service who is ill at this time. Stir up in me the same passion that impelled you to respond to the needs of your time. Bless me with the same sure knowledge of your presence and with a complete trust in your providence. Use once again your spirit of compassion and your ardent desire to alleviate suffering and to restore her/him to full health if it is God's holy will. I ask this in the name of Jesus who lives and reigns with the Father in unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen