Saint John of God, merciful protector of the orphans and those in adversity! We resort to you and pray to you, 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 feeding all those who thirst. 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, instilling in them the hope of eternal rest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
In your life on earth, you were a refuge for all who are 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 God in heaven, appear to all who worship before your honest 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 comfort 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 sorrowing and reassure the poor. May the gifts of mercy not become scarce in them, and moreover, may peace and joy in the Holy Spirit be instilled in them - to the glory of the Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.