May 10 - Prayer to St. Damien de Veuster

O leper with the lepers, you united yourself so thoroughly with those you served that you became one of them, one of the frightful and rejected souls abandoned by the world but redeemed by the blood of Christ through your intercession. To them you brought the consolation of government support and the love of the Lord, and so, many were inspired to drag themselves into your chapel – pray we join them there, listening attentively to the Word of salvation and finding healing for the disease that eats away at our souls; help us to embrace the cross the Lord provides to lead us on the narrow way to Heaven.