How to make a promise to Santo Expedito in difficult times

Would you like to receive help from the well-known saint of urgent, difficult or impossible causes? How about learning how to make a promise to Santo Expedito? This is one of the best-known ways to connect with him, to expand faith and open paths. We prepared an article on the subject, with step-by-step instructions and prayers!

Who was Saint Expedito?

To establish contact with a saint, it is recommended to know their story. So, let’s go! Santo Expedito is one of the most famous in Catholicism, but there are few reports about his life, with some experts believing that he did not even exist.

His date of birth is not known and what is said is that he possibly lived between the 3rd and 4th centuries in Melitene, a city that served as a Roman military base in Armenia. He would be a Roman soldier who came to believe in Christ and, for this reason, he would have been martyred and beheaded with a sword amid the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (243-312).

What is said is that his conversion occurred miraculously. In a dream, his new faith was tested by a crow, which represented evil and cawed the words “cras” in Latin, which means “tomorrow”, indicating to postpone his conversion until later. He would have stepped on the creature, crushed it and said “hodie” (“today”). Thus, the idea of ​​a saint of urgent causes emerged.

What can I promise Santo Expedito?

Promises are a way of seeking important grace, promising to do something to have the intercession of the saints. There are those who promise to stop eating chocolate, going out for fun, drinking coffee… But the idea is not to “buy” a benefit through deprivation. The proposal is to become an instrument of faith.

Volunteer work, offering support to those in need, praying daily, spreading faith, practicing gratitude, spreading God’s teachings… These are ways to work on spirituality and transform yourself into a better person.

And it is important to make it clear that what we hope to obtain does not always happen and this is not a reason for revolt. Keep in mind that what you hope for may not actually be what’s best for you. Trust the higher plans for your true evolution.

How to make a promise to Santo Expedito?

Start the ritual by choosing the environment, which should be peaceful. It is recommended to sit comfortably and take a few deep, conscious breaths until you feel calm and connected to the present. Look, hold or visualize the image of the saint. With faith, make your request and say what positive actions you will take from then on. Repeat the prayer below for three days in a row:

“My Saint Expedito of just and urgent causes, intercede for me with our Lord Jesus Christ, help me in this hour of distress and despair. You who are the Saint of the desperate, you who are the Saint of urgent causes, protect me, help me, give me strength, courage and serenity. Fulfill my request.

My Saint Expedito! Help me to overcome these difficult times, protect me from everyone who could harm me, protect my family, respond to my request urgently. Give me back peace and tranquility. My Saint Expedito! I will be grateful for the rest of my life and I will carry your name to everyone who has faith. Thank you very much. Amen.”

Source: Folha de Vitória

How to pray the Santo Expedito novena?

It is common for believers to perform novenas, in which they pray for nine consecutive days to a saint. It is a way to promote spiritual cleansing and open paths. There is space to ask for grace and make yourself available to spirituality to spread faith. A novena of Saint Expedito It is composed of the act of contrition, the prayer to Saint Expeditus, the message indicated for each of the nine days, 3 Our Fathers, the final prayer and a Hail Mary. Check out the detailed step-by-step guide:

Act of Contrition: “My Father and My Lord Jesus Christ, endless charity, I sincerely repent of my sins. Grant me, therefore, the forgiveness of my sins and the grace that I ask for through the merits of the pains of Your loving Mother and the virtues of Your martyr Saint Expeditus.”

Prayer to Saint Expedito: “Oh, Saint Expedite, my protector! I place my hope in the fact that my petitions may be granted if they are for my own good. Please, I asked the Lord, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin, for the forgiveness of my sins and the grace to change my life, particularly grace: (say the grace you want to achieve). I promise to follow his examples and propagate this devotion.”

Day 1: “Oh, glorious martyr Saint Expeditus! By the living faith that has been given by God, I ask you to awaken the same faith in my heart, so that I too can sincerely believe that there is God, but most especially so that I can be saved from sinning against Him.”

Day 2: “Oh, glorious martyr Saint Expeditus! For the hope given by God, pray that those of little faith may be changed by some rays of hope, so that they too may receive eternal things. Please pray that ardent hope in God may also be given to me and hold me firm in the midst of suffering.”

Day 3: “Oh, glorious martyr Saint Expeditus! For the infinite love that Our Lord planted in your heart, please remove from mine all the shackles tied by worldliness, so that without them I can love only God in all eternity. Amen.”

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Source: Canção Nova

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