Saint Francis Xavier is the Patron of missionaries, he was born in Navarra in 1506. He decided to study in Paris and later joined the Saint Ignatius group. He was a priest in Rome and had various charitable works. He then decided to visit other countries like India and Japan to carry out evangelization.
If you want to know more about his life, I invite you to read his biography here and below I invite you to know the prayers asking for his intercession:
What day is Saint Francis Xavier?
The celebration is on December 3
🙏Prayer to Saint Francis Xavier🙏
Oh, great Saint Francis Xavier!, blessed and glorious,
tireless preacher
and prodigious missionary
that at the service of God the Father
you traveled the whole world
next to you I adore the Divine Majesty,
I’m especially glad to thank you
who gave you in life
and for the glory he bestowed on you after death,
I thank God, and I ask you,
with all the affection of my heart,
that through your powerful intercession
you can grant me, above all things,
the grace to live a life of Holiness
and a holy death.
Holy protector of lost causes
glorious Saint Francis Xavier!
you who never gave up,
I beg you to assist me with your power
and help me in this special need
that anguishes me and I consider lost:
(make the request)
but if what I ask of you is not for the glory of God
and the good of my soul,
I beg you, grant me the necessary graces
to make it
as well as your perpetual protection,
in order to,
encouraged by your example and your assistance
I can live holy
and reach the eternal glory of Heaven.
Amen.
Say nine Our Fathers, nine Hail Marys
and nine Glories.
🙏 Prayer to Saint Francis Xavier for Love🙏
Blessed be Saint Francis, who for your love of Jesus crossed borders and discovered new worlds. Allow me today to cross the barriers of loneliness and enter the deep sea of unconditional love. Put a true being in my life, who illuminates my path with his charm, and makes my days a little more bearable. Allow me to recognize who is already there, and if not, give me signs to know who you will send. Amen.
🙏 Prayer to San Francisco Javier for Money🙏
I thank you, San Francisco, for all the success of this day; for allowing my plans to flow as they should and for all the good things I received in excess, but I’m not ready to rest yet. Take away my bad thoughts and concerns, especially those of material goods. Take care, San Francisco, that money is never lacking in my pocket; give me the fair and necessary that I will know how to manage, and help me overcome this stage of need.
Amen.
🙏 Prayer for Health to San Francisco Javier🙏
San Francisco Javier, fix your eyes on me. I am grateful for all the moments of pleasant health that I have enjoyed and how far, thanks to it, I have come. But I feel that today that joy has ended, and I ask you to let me take your hand, so that (Name of the person for whom the prayer is being prayed. If it is for himself, use “I”) he can recover his health to proclaim your faith.
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Saint Francis Xavier Parish
Address
- Calle Martires de la Ventilla 34
- 28029 Madrid, Spain
Telephone +34 917 33 67 76