Saint John of God, merciful protector of the orphans and those in adversity! We resort to you and we pray to you, your servants (names), as the quick patron of all who seek consolation from God in troubles and sorrows. Don’t stop praying to the Lord for everyone who flows to you in faith! You, filled with Christ’s love and goodness, have appeared as a wonderful palace of the virtue of mercy and have acquired for yourself the name “Merciful.” You were like a river, constantly flowing with generous mercies and abundantly watering all who were thirsty. We believe that after you moved from earth to heaven, the gift of sowing grace increased in you and that you became an inexhaustible vessel of all goodness. By your intercession and intercession before God, create “all kinds of joy,” so that all who come running to you may find peace and serenity: grant them consolation in temporary sorrows and help in the needs of everyday life, instill in them the hope of eternal rest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
In your life on earth, you were a refuge for all who were in every trouble and need, for the offended and sick; Not a single one of those who came to you and asked you for mercy was deprived of your mercy. Likewise now, reigning with Christ in heaven, appear to all who worship before your honorable icon and pray for help and intercession. Not only did you show mercy to the helpless, but you also raised the hearts of others to the consolation of the weak and to the charity of the poor. Move even now the hearts of the faithful to intercede for the orphans, comfort the mourners and reassure the needy. May the gifts of mercy not fail in them, and moreover, may there be joy in them (and in this house, which watches over the suffering), peace and joy in the Holy Spirit - to the glory of the Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.