We come to you, holy Brother John, for we know well the power of your intercession in the heavenly courts. Increase in us true sorrow for sin, fidelity to the Christian gospel of love and total resignation to the will of God in all things. Humbly we beg you to intercede for us that our petitions be granted, if they be in accord with the divine will. We ask this through Christ, our lord. Amen.
St. John Macias, Father of the Poor and Helper of the Souls in Purgatory, by John C. Rubba, O.P.