Saint Rocco, still very young,
You left your home and all your possessions
and you went on your way!
Thank You!

By your example,
may we learn to free ourselves
from a need for comfort and money,
and especially from all spirit of greed.
Pray for us!

Saint Rocco, you left
in search of the living God,
on a road filled with risks!
Thank You!

By your example,
may we follow our path to God each day
without fear of obstacles.
Pray for us!

Saint Rocco, while following the footsteps of Christ,
you found the poor and the plague stricken.
And you cured many.
Thank You!

By your example,
may our heart become tender and loving
toward the suffering, the rejected of this world.
And may they feel free of their illness!
Pray for us!

Saint Rocco, at Rome, you wanted
to find your Christian roots again
and to restate your fidelity to the Church.
Thank You!

By your example,
may we not be weak members
of the people of God
but rather bright and active Christians.
Pray for us!

Saint Rocco, for five long years,
you shared the Passion of Christ,
His unjust condemnation, His feeling of abandonment.

You offered Your life
with a love without blemish
Thank You!

By your example
may we bear adversity
without hate, without bitterness
and without doubting God
Pray for us!

Saint Rocco you have reached the Kingdom
of peace, joy and friendship

Help us to reach it too
with all those that we carry in our heart.
Pray for us!


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