Archive for October, 2018
Prayers to St. Jude Thaddeus
Prayer to St. Jude Thaddeus O most holy apostle, Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honoureth and invoketh thee universally, as the patron of hopeless cases, and of things almost despaired of. Pray for me, who am so miserable. Make use, I implore thee, of that particular privilege accorded to thee, […]
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Novena to St. Gerard Majella
Novena to St. Gerard (Please recite this Novena for 9 days) Day 1 Saint Gerard, ever full of faith obtain for me that , believing firmly all that the Church of God proposes to my belief, I may strive to secure through a holy life the joys of eternal happiness. Then say Nine Hail Marys, […]
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Prayers to St. Gerard Majella
Prayer to St. Gerard for Motherhood O good St Gerard, powerful intercessor before God and wonder worker of our day, confidently I call upon you and seek your aid. On Earth you always fulfilled God’s designs, help me now to do the holy will of God. Implore the Master of Life, from whom all paternity […]
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Prayer to St. Frumentius of Ethiopia
Prayer to St. Frumentius of Ethiopia Pray for us, dear Frumentius, that we may also “bloom where we are planted.” You were just a young boy in a strange and pagan land, but you made the best of the situation and brought truth and life to that desolate land and lost people. We pray for […]
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Novena to Bl. Chiara Badano
Novena to Bl. Chiara Badano (Please recite this novena for 9 days) Father of immense goodness, I am grateful for the great gift of faith. Aware of my imperfections, I beg you to grant me the grace to imitate more closely the examples of your Son Jesus, in accordance with the lives of the Saints […]
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Prayer to Bl. Chiara Badano
Prayer to Bl. Chiara Badano O Father, fount of every good, we give You thanks for the wonderful testimony of Blessed Chiara Badano. Filled with the Holy Spirit and guided by the radiant light of Jesus, she believed firmly in Your infinite love, and wished to return it with all her strength, surrendering herself in […]
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Prayer to St. Alphonsus Rodriguez for New Life
Prayer to St. Alphonsus Rodriguez for New Life through Death to Sin Though Your most holy passion and death, I beg of you, Lord, to grant to me a most holy life, and a most complete death to all my vices and passions and self-love, and to grant me sight of your holy faith, hope […]
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Prayers to St. Alfred the Great
Prayer to St. Alfred the Great O God, who didst call thy servant Alfred to an earthly throne that he might advance thy heavenly kingdom, and didst give him zeal for thy Church and love for thy people: Grant that we, inspired by his example and prayers, may remain steadfast in the work thou hast […]
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Bl. Irene Stefani
Born: Aurelia Mercede Stefani 22 August 1891 Anfo, Brescia, Kingdom of Italy Died: 31 October 1930 (aged 39) Gikondi, Mukurweini, Nyeri, British Kenya Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified 23 May 2015, Nyeri, Kenya by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo Feast: 31 October Attributes: Nun’s habit Patronage Nyeri Consolata Missionaries Blessed Irene Stefani (22 August 1891 – […]
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St. María Isabel Salvat Romero
Born: 20 February 1926 Madrid, Kingdom of Spain Died: 31 October 1998 (aged 72) Seville, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 18 September 2010, Seville, Spain by Archbishop Angelo Amato Canonized: 18 October 2015, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 18 September 31 October (former) Attributes: Religious habit Rosary Book of […]
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