✦ Saint Expedite ✦
“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”
Proverbs 16:3
Read slowly, out loud if you can. There is no hurry here except the one you brought with you — and that is exactly what Saint Expedite is for.
A Short Meditation
His name is his promise: Expedite — to act without delay.
When the soldier saint heard his call, he answered the same day: Hodie — today. Not tomorrow. Not when it is easier.
Whatever you have been putting off bringing to prayer — bring it today.
Be quiet for a moment.
Say it plainly, in your heart or out loud: what is your most urgent need?
Name the person. Name the deadline. Name the fear.
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The Classic Prayer
Saint Expedite, you lay in rest.
I come to you and ask that this wish be granted.
(Here, clearly express what you want, and ask him to find a way to get it to you.)
The Classic Prayer
Expedite now what I ask of you.
Expedite now what I want of you, this very second.
Don’t waste another day.
Grant me what I ask for.
The Classic Prayer
I know your power, I know you because of your work.
I know you can help me.
Do this for me and I will spread your name with love and honor, so that it will be invoked again and again.
Expedite this wish with speed, love, honor, and goodness.
Glory to you, Saint Expedite!
Light a free candle for your most urgent need. And think of someone in your family, or in your circle, who could use a candle too — and light one for them as well.
🕯️ Light a Candle in the Chapel
Hodie — Today. Feast Day: April 19.