Archive for November 18, 2018
Novena to Pope St. Leo the Great
(Please recite this novena for 9 days) In the Name ✠ of the Father… R. Amen. V. I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast upheld me: And hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me. R. Let them exalt him in the Church of the people and praise him in the chair […]
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Prayer to Pope St. Leo the Great
God our Father, you will never allow the powers of hell to prevail against your Church, founded on the rock of the apostle Peter. Let the prayers of Pope Leo the Great keep us faithful to your truth and secure in your peace. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with […]
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Pope St. Leo the Great
Birth name: Leo Born: c. 400 AD Tuscany, Western Roman Empire Died: 10 November 461 Rome, Western Roman Empire Sainthood Feast day: 10 November 11 April (pre-1969 calendar) 18 February (Eastern Orthodoxy) Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Attributes: Papal vestments Papal tiara Staff Papacy began: 29 September 440 Papacy ended: 10 […]
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Prayer to Bl. Ludovico Morbioli
St. Ludovico, you were born in Bologna during the Renaissance, one of six children. You led a worldly, dissolute life. You married a young woman who was a friend of your family and moved to Venice. While in this city, you fell very ill and was care for by the Canons Regular of Saint Savior. […]
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Bl. Ludovico Morbioli
Born: 1433 Bologna, Papal States Died: 9 November 1485 (aged 52) Bologna, Papal States Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 24 October 1843, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Gregory XVI Feast: 9 November Attributes: Crucifix Blessed Ludovico Morbioli (1433 – 9 November 1485) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Bologna who led a […]
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St. Theodore Tyro
Born: unknown Euchaita (?) or Alasium, Turkey Died: 17 February 306 Amasea, Turkey Feast: Roman Catholic Church: 9 November Orthodox Church: 17 February and the first Saturday in Great Lent; Korčula: 27 July Attributes: Dressed as a soldier sometimes in court dress, with emblems such as a spear, temple, torch, dragon, pyre, martyr’s wreath Patronage: […]
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Novena to St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Day 1 Oh, may the Master reveal to you His Divine presence, it is so suave and sweet, it gives so much strength to the soul; to believe that God loves us to the point of dwelling in us, to make Himself the Companion of our exile, the Confidant, the Friend of every moment. O […]
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Prayer to St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
O my God, Trinity whom I adore, let me entirely forget myself that I may abide in You, still and peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity; let nothing disturb my peace nor separate me from You, O my unchanging God, but that each moment may take me further into the depths of […]
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Born: 18 July 1880 Avord, Farges-en-Septaine, (Cher), France Died: 9 November 1906 (aged 26) Dijon, France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 25 November 1984, Paris, France by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 16 October 2016, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 8 November Attributes: Religious habit Patronage Sick people Loss of […]
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Prayer to Bl. John Duns Scotus
Blessed John Duns Scotus, you strove to understand, explain, and defend the truths of the holy Christian Faith in the light of human reason. For all truths, natural and supernatural, are from one and the same Source: the eternal God who is truth and light and love. And so you proposed and expounded the perfect purity and holiness of the Blessed […]
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