Prayer Hour
Every Wednesday at 7:00 PM Eastern, we gather live for about 30 minutes to pray together for our most urgent needs, in the presence of Saint Expedite.
New: light a candle during the Prayer Hour and receive a keepsake of our prayer — a printable page with your name, your intention, and the prayer we prayed together, sent to your email. And in a month, we’ll write to ask how you are. 🕯️
Wednesday is Saint Expedite’s own day — the day tradition sets aside for him. So on Wednesdays we stop praying alone for a little while and pray together instead: the Classic Prayer said out loud, the urgent intentions devotees have left on the petition wall carried before him one by one, and a few quiet minutes in front of the candles. Bring the need that cannot wait. That is exactly the kind he hears.
How to Join
The Prayer Hour is held live on the shrine’s Instagram. When 7:00 PM Eastern comes on Wednesday, open Instagram and look for the shrine’s live — or tap the button below a few minutes early and wait with us. No account is needed to pray along in your heart, wherever you are.
And if you cannot be there at the hour itself, leave your intention on the petition wall beforehand — it will be prayed for by name during the hour.
Light a Candle Before the Hour
Light a free candle in the chapel before we gather, or while we pray, and let it burn for your intention through the week: 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.
New to Saint Expedite? Begin with the Classic Prayer and the nine-day novena — and read his story, the saint who crushed the crow of tomorrow and answered today.