November 27, 2020
O Blessed Columban, who, in your zeal for the extension
of Christ’s Kingdom and the salvation of souls,
spent your life in suffering and exile,
assist and protect, the missionaries of our day,
who have devoted their lives to preaching the Gospel
throughout the world.
Obtain for them that prudence and fortitude
by which you overcame the dangers
which beset your path,
and that firm faith and ardent charity
which enabled you to endure gladly
the privations of this life for the love of Christ.
Assist and protect us, also, dear St Columban,
so to live for God’s glory that when our pilgrimage
through life is over, we may enjoy with you the
eternal rest of heaven through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.