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Hymn of Praise to St. John, Evangelist


An exile for the faith
 Of thy Incarnate Lord,
 Beyond the stars, beyond all space,
 Thy soul imprisoned soared:
 There saw in glory Him
 Who liveth, and was dead;
 There Judah's Lion, and the Lamb
 That for our ransom bled.

There of the Kingdom learnt
 The mysteries sublime;
 How, sown in martyrs' blood, the faith
 Should spread from clime to clime.
The Holy City, bathed
 In her dear Spouse's light,
 Pure seat of bliss, thy spirit saw,
 And gloried in the sight.

Now to the Lamb's clear fount,
 To drink of life their fill,
 Thou callest all; O Lord, in me
 This blessed thirst instil.
 To Jesus, Virgin-born,
 Praise with the Father be;
 Praise to the Spirit Paraclete,
 Through all eternity.

Indulgenced Prayer to St. John, the Apostle


O Glorious Apostle, who, on account of thy virginal purity, wast so beloved by Jesus as to deserve to lay thy head upon his divine breast, and to be left, in his place, as son to his most holy Mother; I beg thee to inflame me with a most ardent love towards Jesus and Mary. Obtain for me from our Lord that I, too, with a heart purified from earthly affections, may be made worthy to be ever united to Jesus as a faithful disciple, and to Mary as a devoted son, both here on earth and eternally in heaven. Amen.



(Indulgence 200 days, once a day, Leo XIII, 1897)