Exam Dates and Assessments in November 09'

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An exam calendar for us to pray for one another during this stressful period and also for us to wish each other all the best for our papers the night before!


Dear Lord, be with me now as I enter this exam. Thank you for the many talents and gifts that you have already given to me. Help me recall all that I've studied and express it clearly. Inspire me to answer the questions and encourage me to do the very best I can. Lord, remind me that nothing is going to happen to me that you and I together can't handle. Holy Spirit, think through me until your ideas are my ideas. Amen -Melbourne University Chaplains-

Additional Prayers

Prayer to St Joseph of Cupertino for success in examinations.

O humble St. Joseph of Cupertino, singularly favoured by God in
overcoming the difficulties of study and the worries of
examinations, implore the Holy Spirit to enlighten my mind and
strengthen my memory in the search of His truth and wisdom.
Help me especially in the decisive moments of my examinations,
protecting me from that forgetfulness and disturbing anxiety
which often affect me. May I succeed in offering God my finest
work and may I grow in knowledge, understanding, humility and
charity. May everything that I attempt to learn in life be offered in
faithful service to God, from whom flows that wisdom which leads
to eternal life. Amen

O St Joseph of Cupertino who by your prayer obtained from God
to be asked at your examination, the only proposition you knew.
Grant that I may like you succeed in my examinations. Especially
in ..... In return I promise to make you known and cause you to be
invoked.

St Joseph of Cupertino pray for me; Our Lady of Good Studies
pray for me; Sacred Heart of Jesus, Seat of divine wisdom
enlighten me. Holy Spirit enlighten me!



Prayer to St Joseph of Cupertino for students

Humble St Joseph of Cupertino, ever helpful to those who seek
your aid, hear me in my present need.

By that love which carried you to God, and by that burning
affection which made you a devoted son of Mother of Our
Saviour, and a loyal follower of your spiritual father St Francis of
Assisi, help me to be a successful student.

Help me to be attentive to my studies, so that I may profit by them,
and particularly that I may undergo examinations without fear.

Good St Joseph, you know well the trials and tribulations of
students, intercede for me that I may be successful by divine aid
just as you were successful through the goodness of God. I place
my trust entirely in your hands, realising that as long as I work for
the honour and glory of God that hope will not be in vain. Amen.

O Mary, Mother of enchanting love, of fear, of knowledge, of holy hope, through Whose pious intercession many make admirable progress in studies and piety despite crudeness of understanding, I choose Thee as protectress and patroness of my studies. Humbly I implore Thee that, from the heart of Thy maternal pity, and principally from the Eternal Wisdom that deigned to take on our flesh in Thee, and that exalted Thee in heavenly light above all the saints, Thou obtain grace from the Holy Ghost for me so that I might be able to penetrate with my understanding, retain in my memory, express by my life and words, and teach to others all that brings honor to Thee and Thy divine Son, likewise to the advantage of my eternal joy and that of all men. So be it.

On behalf of the Cosdu Committee 2009/2010, I wish you all the best in your revision and good luck in your exams! Have a happy holiday! :)