Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travelers and of the children. His party is on July 25. Since he is not officially recognized by the Church, he does not have a beatification or canonization date. Despite these technicalities, it is believed that she was real and that she continues to intercede for Christians, especially children today.
Whether you are heading for your daily commute, a business trip, vacation, or a visit with loved ones, it is important to always pray before you travel for God’s blessing and spiritual protection especially through the intercession of our Guardian Angels and Saint Christopher, patron saint of travelers against anything that could harm us. Below is a collection of prayers for safety while traveling, alone or with loved ones.
馃搮 When is San Cristobal celebrated?
His celebration is day July 25.
馃檹Prayer to San Crist贸bal to avoid accidents on a trip馃檹
Grant me, Lord, a steady hand and a watchful eye, so that no one is hurt when I pass by. You gave your life, I beg you that no act of mine take away or spoil that gift of yours. Refuge those, dear Lord, who bear my company from the evils of fire and from all calamities.
Teach me to use my car for the needs of others; nor to lose the beauty of the world for love of undue speed; so that I can go my way with joy and courtesy. Saint Christopher, patron saint of travelers, protect me and guide me safely to my destination. Amen.
馃檹Prayer to San Crist贸bal to ask for the children馃檹
O Almighty and merciful God, who has commissioned your angels to guide and protect us, order them to be our assiduous companions from our departure until our return; that they dress us with their invisible protection; that they keep us from all danger of collision, fire, explosion, fall and bruises and, finally, that they have preserved us from all evil, and especially from sin, that they guide us to our heavenly home. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
馃檹Prayer to San Crist贸bal to travel safely馃檹
Every time I drive, Lord, whatI feel your hands in mine on the steering wheel. Give me a careful and watchful eye, for young and old, when I pass by. It prevents him from accelerating unnecessarily, from passing over the beauties of the earth without paying attention. I want to use this car for you, to drive my friends safely too. But all these things can never be, unless, Lord, you lead with me. Amen.
馃檹Prayer to San Crist贸bal to open paths馃檹
Dear Saint Christopher, protect me today in all my journeys along the way. Give your warning signal if danger is near so you can stop while the way is clear.
Be at my window and lead me through when vision blurs out of nowhere. Take me safely to my destination, as you carried Christ in your close embrace. Amen.
馃檹 Prayer to San Crist贸bal for travel protection 馃檹
Dear Saint Christopher, protect me today in all my journeys along the way. Give your warning signal if danger is near so I can stop while the way is clear. Go to my window and direct me through it when the vision blurs out of nowhere. Take me safely to my destination, as you carried Christ in your intimate embrace. Amen.
馃檹Prayer to San Crist贸bal to approve the driver’s license馃檹
Glorious Saint Christopher, you have inherited a beautiful name, Christopher, as a result of the wonderful legend that while you carried people across a raging stream, you also carried the Child Jesus. Teach us to be true bearers of Christ for those who do not know him. Protect all of us who travel near and far and ask Jesus to be with us always. Amen.
馃檹Prayer to San Crist贸bal馃檹
Lord be our guide and protector on the journey which we are about to undertake. Take care of us. Protect us from accidents. Keep us free from harm to body and soul. Lord, support us with your grace when we are tired. Help us to be patient in any problem that comes our way. Keep us always attentive to Your presence and love. Amen.
馃檹Prayer to San Crist贸bal for the protection of drivers and passengers馃檹
Dear saint, you have inherited a beautiful name Christopher as a result of a wonderful legend that while you carried people across a raging stream you carried the Child Jesus. Teach us to be true bearers of Christ for those who do not know him. Protect all drivers that often carry those who carry Christ within them. Amen.
馃檹Ninth to San Crist贸bal馃檹
preparatory prayer
Almighty and eternal God! With living faith and reverently adoring Your Divine Majesty, I prostrate myself before You and invoke with filial confidence Your supreme generosity and mercy. Illuminate the darkness of my intellect with a ray of your heavenly light and inflame my heart with the fire of your Divine Love, so that I can contemplate the great virtues and merits of the Saint in whose honor I am making this novena, and following his example imitate, as they did, the life of your Divine Son.
In addition, I beg you to grant me with grace, through the merits and intercession of this powerful Helper, the request that I humbly present to you through them, devoutly saying: “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” . Accept with grace to listen to it, if it is for your greater glory and for the salvation of my soul. Amen.
Prayer in honor of Saint Christopher
Oh God, who made Saint Christopher a true bearer of Christ, who converted the multitudes to the Christian faith, and who gave him the grace to suffer the cruelest torments for You, through the intercession of this Saint, we implore you to protect us. of sin, the only true evil. Preserve us also against the harmful forces of nature, such as earthquakes, lightning, fires and floods. Amen.
Invocation to Saint Christopher
Great Saint Christopher, most powerful seeker and teacher you found in Jesus Christ, the Almighty God of heaven and earth. Serving him faithfully with all your power until the end of your life, winning him countless souls and finally shedding your blood for him, obtain for me the grace to carry Christ always in my heart, as you once carried him, on your shoulder. So that with this he can be strengthened to victoriously overcome all temptations and resist all the temptations of the world, of the devil and of the flesh, and so that the powers of darkness do not prevail against me. Amen
Final prayer of the novena to San Crist贸bal
My Lord and my God! I offer you my petition in union with the bitter passion and death of Jesus Christ, your Son, together with the merits of his Immaculate and Most Holy Mother, Mary ever Virgin, and of all the saints, particularly those of the Holy Helper, Saint Christopher, in whose honor I do this novena. Look at me, merciful Lord! Grant me Your Grace and Your Love, and gracefully listen to my prayer. Amen.