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Prayers to St. John Fisher
Prayer of St. John Fisher for Holy Bishops Lord, according to Thy promise that the Gospel should be preached throughout the whole world, raise up men fit for such work. The Apostles were but soft and yielding clay till they were baked hard by the fire of the Holy Ghost. So, good Lord, do now […]
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St. John Fisher
Born: c. 19 October 1469 Beverley, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England Died: 22 June 1535 (aged 65) Tower Hill, London, Kingdom of England Feast day: 22 June (Catholic Church), 6 July (Church of England), 9 July (Catholic Extraordinary Form) Venerated: in Catholic Church, Church of England, some of the other Churches in the Anglican Communion Beatified: […]
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Novena to St. Thomas More
(Please recite this novena for 9 days)First Day Dear St. Thomas More, in your earthly life, you were a model of prudence. You never thrust yourself rashly into any serious undertaking; instead, you tested the strength of your powers and waited on God’s will in prayer and penance, then boldly carried it out without hesitation. […]
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Prayers to St. Thomas More
Prayer to St. Thomas More Holy martyr for the Church, you used your talentsto bring God’s love and mercy to earth. Yet yourealized that human fame and glory weremomentary and fleeting. In your practice of law, you understood and wereloyal first to God’s eternal law spoken through thesuccessors of the Apostles. While a servant ofthe […]
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St. Thomas More
Born: 7 February 1478 at London, England Died: beheaded on 6 July 1535 on Tower Hill, London, England• body taken to Saint Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, England, his head was parboiled and then exposed on London Bridge for a month as a warning to other “traitors”; Margaret Roper bribed the man whose was […]
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Prayers to St. Joseph Cafasso
Prayer to St. Joseph Cafasso St. Joseph Cafasso, you were born with a spinal abnormality that afflicted your health and made you short of stature. Despite this deformity, you fasted and lived minimally. Always devout as a child, you discerned the priesthood in adolescence and were ordained in Turin. You were a member of the […]
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St. Joseph Cafasso
Born: 15 January 1811 Castelnuovo d’Asti, Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia Died: 23 June 1860 (aged 49) Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 3 May 1925, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 22 June 1947, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Santuario […]
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St. Thomas Garnet
Born: 1574 Southwark, England Died: Hanged, drawn, and quartered on 23 June 1608 at Tyburn, London, England Beatified: 1929 Canonized: 1970 by Pope Paul VI Feast: 1 December 25 October with Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Son of Richard Garnet, an Oxford don. Nephew of Henry Garnet, superior of all Jesuits in England, and […]
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St. Mary of Oignies
Born: 1177 Nivelles, Belgium Died: June 23, 1213 Oignies, France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Major shrine: church of Saint Nicholas at Nivelles, Belgium Feast: June 23 Patronage: against fever, women in labour Marie of Oignies (Maria Ogniacensis, born Nivelles, now Belgium, 1177, died 1213) was a Beguine saint, known from the Life written by […]
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St. Etheldreda of Ely
Born: c.636 at Ely in 1106; found incorrupt Died: 23 June 679 of natural causes• body re-interred in 694; found incorrupt body re-interred in the Cathedral Patronage: neck ailments, throat ailments, widows, University of Cambridge Sister of Saint Jurmin. Relative of King Anna of East Anglia, England. Princess. Widowed after three years marriage; rumor had […]
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