Archive for February 7, 2023
Prayer to Saint Jerome Emiliani
O St. Jerome Emiliani, our country is in such need of your powerful intercession before the throne of God. So many children are orphans of broken homes, some are missing and others have been used for evil purposes on our city streets. Even worse than this, people are killing children before they are even born. […]
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Saint Jerome Emiliani
Born: 1481 at Venice, Italy Died: 8 February 1537 in Italy of a disease caught when tending the sick Canonized: 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII Patronage: abandoned people, orphans Also known as Geronimo , Gerolamo Miani, Jerom Aemiliani Born wealthy, the son of Angelo and Eleanor Mauroceni Emiliani. His father died when Jerome […]
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Novena to St. Josephine Bakhita
Day 1 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Intro Prayer In You, Lord, I place my hope, I raise my spirit to my God. You are the God of my salvation, every day I hope in You. Do not let me be disappointed! In this […]
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St. Josephine Bakhita
Prayer to St. Josephine BakhitaSt. Josephine Bakhita, you were sold into slavery as a child and endured untold hardship and suffering. Once liberated from your physical enslavement, you found true redemption in your encounter with Christ and his Church. O St. Bakhita, assist all those who are trapped in a state of slavery; Intercede with […]
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St. Josephine Bakhita
Born: 1868 at Oglassa, Darfur, Sudan Died: 8 February 1947 of natural causes in Italy Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy, thought to be the only saint originally from Sudan Patronage: Sudan Born to a wealthy Sudanese family, she was kidnapped by slave-traders at age 9, […]
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