The prayer of the faithful, also known as the general intercessions or the Universal Prayer, follow immediately after the blessing and exchange of rings. The presider or a lector reads each prayer ("For...; we pray to the Lord...") and the assembly responds ("Lord, hear our prayer."...
the immense benefits of Marian intercession; the joy found in penance and resignation to God’s will; the necessity of mental prayer; patience in sickness and in spiritual desolation, and dealing with scruples. The wisdom in The True Spouse of Jesus Christ comes, not only from Saint Alphonsus...
who hast given birth unto the drop, even Christ, that washed out, through compassions, the countless and immeasurable lawless deeds of men; do thou dry up the source of my passions, and vouchsafe unto me the stream of ever living food by thine intercessions. ...