O God, who by your infinite mercy
inflamed the heart of your servant,
Alphonsus Lambe with an ardent love for
you and for Mary, our Mother; a love which
revealed itself in a life of intense labour,
prayer and sacrifice for the salvation of
souls, grant, if it be your will, that we may
obtain, by his intercession, what we cannot
obtain by our own merits. We ask this
through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen
– with ecclesiastical approval