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Prayer to the Chinese Martyrs

This Rock Volume 16, Number 10   December 2005     Frontispiece By Karl Keating   Letters   The Unfinished Business of Vatican II By Marcellino D'Ambrosio   Wrong Turn By Ronald J. Rychlak and Kyle Duncan   No Salvation Outside the Church By Fr. Ray Ryland   Didn't Vatican II Change All That?   Do Not Stop Us from Dying with You By Anthony E. Clark   Prayer to the Chinese Martyrs   Mary, Evolution, and Michelangelo's Chisel By Mark P. Shea   Step by Step Was Mary a Perpetual Virgin? By Kenneth J. Howell   Fathers Know Best The Trinity   Brass Tacks The Accuracy of Scripture By Jimmy Akin   Damascus Road Lightning Never Struck By Joan Summers   Reviews   Quick Questions    Subscribe    Permissions

Almighty God, we give you thanks for choosing many Chinese faithful to witness for Christ by giving up their lives. We especially thank you for bestowing sainthood on over one hundred Chinese martyrs. We beg you that through the intercession of all the Chinese martyr saints, many more Chinese martyrs will be beatified and canonized as saints to glorify you. We also pray that we may follow the example of these Chinese martyrs by remaining strong in faith, hope, and charity; overcoming fear of hardship and sacrifice; and boldly proclaiming our faith. May the gospel of Jesus Christ be spread throughout China, and may Chinese people in all parts of the world receive the light of faith and the grace to follow Christ each day, so as to enter your everlasting kingdom. We ask this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.