Archive for January, 2019
Prayers to St. Raymond of Penyafort
Prayer to St. Raymond of Penyafort O God, You Who chose blessed Raymond to be a renowned minister of the sacrament of Penance, and miraculously brought him through the waves of the sea, grant that by his intercession we may produce good results from our penitence and reach the heaven of eternal salvation. Through Jesus […]
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St. Raymond of Penyafort
Born: ca. 1175 Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, Crown of Aragon Died: 6 January 1275 (age 100) Barcelona, Crown of Aragon Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1542, Rome by Pope Paul III Canonized: 29 April 1601, Rome by Pope Clement VIII Major shrine: Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Feast: […]
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St. Charles of Sezze
Born: 19 October 1613 Sezze, Papal States Died: 6 January 1670 (aged 56) Rome, Papal States Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 22 January 1882, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 12 April 1959, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John XXIII Major shrine: San Francesco a Ripa, Rome, […]
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Prayers to St. André Bessette
Prayer to St. André Bessette Saint Brother Andre, we celebrate your presence among us. Your loving friendship with Jesus, Mary and Joseph makes you a powerful intercessor with the Holy Father. Compassion carries your words straight to God’s heart, and your prayers are answered and bring comfort and healing. Through you, from our lips to […]
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St. André Bessette
Born: August 9, 1845 Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, Canada Died: January 6, 1937 (aged 91) Montreal, Quebec, Canada Venerated: in Catholic Church (Canada and the United States, and the Congregation of Holy Cross) Beatified: May 23, 1982, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II Canonized: October 17, 2010, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by […]
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Perpetual Novena of Hope in Honour of St. Charles of Mt. Argus
(Please recite this novena for 9 days) O God our Father, we thank you for your care of each one of us. Thank you for sending your Son, Jesus, to share in our weak human nature. He suffered as we do, and He is gone before us to prepare a place for us in Heaven […]
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Prayers to St. Charles of Mount Argus
Prayer to St. Charles of Mount Argus for healing Saint Charles, you know what it is like to live with sickness and pain. We ask you to intercede for those who are sick. May they know that, in their sickness, the loving hand of God reaches out to them with healing and hope for body […]
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St. Charles of Mount Argus
Born: 11 December 1821 Munstergeleen, Limburg, United Kingdom of the Netherlands Died: 5 January 1893 Mount Argus Monastery, Harold’s Cross, Dublin Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Passionists and Ireland) Beatified: 16 October 1988, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 3 June 2007, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Benedict […]
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Bl. Marcelina Darowska
Born: 28 January 1827 at Szulaki, Poland (now in Ukraine) as Marcelina Kotowicz Died: 5 January 1911 at Jazlowiec, Poland (now in Ukraine) of natural causes Beatified: 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II Born to a land-owning Polish family, Marcellina was a pious child with a love of prayer. Though she would have […]
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Novena to St. John Nepomucene Neumann
Day 1 Sign of the Cross… Amen. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. Strengthen me to carry my daily cross. Through the intercession of your servant, St. John Neumann, I ask that You lighten the burden that now weighs heavily on my heart. (Mention your intentions here) St. John Neumann, you had a special love for […]
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