As the war between Russia and the Ukraine continues let us also remember to pray for the Russians. The prayers for Russia below are from the Raccolta, which was authorized by the Holy See in 1957, and contains an Imprimatur of Francis Cardinal Spellman.
See Also : Prayer for Peace in Ukraine:
Invocation for the Conversion of Russia
Saviour of the world, save Russia.
An indulgence of 300 days (S.P. Ap., Nov. 24, 1924)
Prayer to Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus for the Conversion of Russia
O loving and compassionate Saint, deign to comfort our Russian brethren, the victims of a long a cruel persecution of the Christian name; obtain for them perseverance in the faith, progress in the love of God and of their neighbor, and in confidence toward the most holy Mother of God; prepare for them holy priests who shall make reparation for the blasphemies and sacrileges committed against the holy Eucharist; grant that angelic purity, especially in the young, and every Christian virtue may once more flourish amongst them, to the end that this noble people, being delivered from all slavery and returning freely to the one fold entrusted by the loving Heart of the Risen Christ to Saint Peter and his successors, may at length taste the joy of glorifying the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit in the fellowship of the holy Catholic Church. Amen.
An indulgence of 300 days.
A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this prayer is said devoutly every day for a month (S.P. Ap., Aug. 19, 1929)
Saviour of the world, save Russia.
An indulgence of 300 days (S.P. Ap., Nov. 24, 1924)
Prayer to Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus for the Conversion of Russia
O loving and compassionate Saint, deign to comfort our Russian brethren, the victims of a long a cruel persecution of the Christian name; obtain for them perseverance in the faith, progress in the love of God and of their neighbor, and in confidence toward the most holy Mother of God; prepare for them holy priests who shall make reparation for the blasphemies and sacrileges committed against the holy Eucharist; grant that angelic purity, especially in the young, and every Christian virtue may once more flourish amongst them, to the end that this noble people, being delivered from all slavery and returning freely to the one fold entrusted by the loving Heart of the Risen Christ to Saint Peter and his successors, may at length taste the joy of glorifying the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit in the fellowship of the holy Catholic Church. Amen.
An indulgence of 300 days.
A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this prayer is said devoutly every day for a month (S.P. Ap., Aug. 19, 1929)
Raccolta Link: https://archive.org/stream/theraccoltaorcol00unknuoft/theraccoltaorcol00unknuoft_djvu.txt
Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Prayer of Fatima)
Prostrate before thy throne of grace, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, we intend to fulfill, inasmuch as it lies within our power, the request which thou didst make when appearing to us at Fatima.
The abominable sins of the world, the persecutions directed against the Church of Jesus Christ, and still more, the apostasy of nations and of Christian souls, and the forgetfulness, in fine, of thy maternity of grace by the greater part of mankind overwhelms thy Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, which is so united in its compassion to the sufferings of the Sacred Heart of thy Divine Son.
That so many crimes might be atoned for, thou didst ask for the establishment of the devotion of reparation to thy Immaculate Heart, and, in order to hold back the scourges of God which thou hast foretold, thou hast made thyself the messenger of the Most High, requiring of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, in union with all the bishops of the world, the consecration of Russia to thy Immaculate Heart. Alas, the message has not yet been heeded.
That is why we desire to anticipate the happy day on which the Sovereign Pontiff will finally accede to the request of thy Divine Son. Without attributing to ourselves an authority which we do not possess, but penetrated with solicitude for the lot of the entire church, by a humble supplication addressed to thy Immaculate Heart, and united to the faithful bishops, priests and faithful, we have resolved to comply for our part with the wishes of Heaven.
Deign, therefore, O Mother of God, to accept first of all the solemn act of reparation which we present to thy Immaculate Heart for all the offenses by which, with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, It is assailed on the part of sinners and the wicked.
Secondly, as much as it is within our power, we give, deliver and consecrate Russia to thy Immaculate Heart: we beseech thee, in thy maternal mercy, to take this nation under thy maternal protection, to make of her thy domain, where thou reignest as Queen, to make this land of persecutions a land of election and benediction. We implore thee to render this nation so submissive unto thee that, converted from her legalized godlessness, she might become a new kingdom for Our Lord Jesus Christ, and a new inheritance for His gentle scepter. May she, moreover, having returned from her schism of old, enter anew the unity of the One Sheepfold of the Eternal Shepherd, and thus submitted to the Vicar of thy Son, may she become an ardent apostle of the Social Reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ over all the nations of the earth.
Likewise we implore thee, O Mother of Mercy, by this manifest miracle of thy all-powerful intercession, to make known to the world the truth of thy universal mediation of grace. Deign, in fine, O Queen of Peace, to bring to the world that peace which the world cannot give: peace of arms and peace of souls; the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ, and the Kingdom of Christ through the reign of thy Immaculate Heart, O Mary. Amen.
Prostrate before thy throne of grace, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, we intend to fulfill, inasmuch as it lies within our power, the request which thou didst make when appearing to us at Fatima.
The abominable sins of the world, the persecutions directed against the Church of Jesus Christ, and still more, the apostasy of nations and of Christian souls, and the forgetfulness, in fine, of thy maternity of grace by the greater part of mankind overwhelms thy Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, which is so united in its compassion to the sufferings of the Sacred Heart of thy Divine Son.
That so many crimes might be atoned for, thou didst ask for the establishment of the devotion of reparation to thy Immaculate Heart, and, in order to hold back the scourges of God which thou hast foretold, thou hast made thyself the messenger of the Most High, requiring of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, in union with all the bishops of the world, the consecration of Russia to thy Immaculate Heart. Alas, the message has not yet been heeded.
That is why we desire to anticipate the happy day on which the Sovereign Pontiff will finally accede to the request of thy Divine Son. Without attributing to ourselves an authority which we do not possess, but penetrated with solicitude for the lot of the entire church, by a humble supplication addressed to thy Immaculate Heart, and united to the faithful bishops, priests and faithful, we have resolved to comply for our part with the wishes of Heaven.
Deign, therefore, O Mother of God, to accept first of all the solemn act of reparation which we present to thy Immaculate Heart for all the offenses by which, with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, It is assailed on the part of sinners and the wicked.
Secondly, as much as it is within our power, we give, deliver and consecrate Russia to thy Immaculate Heart: we beseech thee, in thy maternal mercy, to take this nation under thy maternal protection, to make of her thy domain, where thou reignest as Queen, to make this land of persecutions a land of election and benediction. We implore thee to render this nation so submissive unto thee that, converted from her legalized godlessness, she might become a new kingdom for Our Lord Jesus Christ, and a new inheritance for His gentle scepter. May she, moreover, having returned from her schism of old, enter anew the unity of the One Sheepfold of the Eternal Shepherd, and thus submitted to the Vicar of thy Son, may she become an ardent apostle of the Social Reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ over all the nations of the earth.
Likewise we implore thee, O Mother of Mercy, by this manifest miracle of thy all-powerful intercession, to make known to the world the truth of thy universal mediation of grace. Deign, in fine, O Queen of Peace, to bring to the world that peace which the world cannot give: peace of arms and peace of souls; the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ, and the Kingdom of Christ through the reign of thy Immaculate Heart, O Mary. Amen.
Fatima Prayer: http://www.chantcd.com/lyrics/fatima_angel_prayers.htm
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