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Prayer in Honour of Bl. Peter Donders
Healing God, you showed your wonderful mercy toward lepers through Blessed Peter Donders, your priest. By his example and prayers, may we serve you through our loving care for those in greatest need. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever. […]
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Bl. Petrus Donders
Born: 27 October 1805 at Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands Died: 14 January 1887 (aged 79) Batavia, Suriname Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 23 May 1982, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 14 January Patronage: Missionaries Son of Arnold Denis Donders and Petronella van den Brekel. Peter grew up poor, […]
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Prayer of St. Sava
MOST GOOD LORD, Thou hast said: Those who search for Me will find Me; and to him who knocks on the door of My mercy will I open; and to those who call on Me in truth will I hear; and I will act according to the will of those who fear Me and love […]
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St. Sava
Born: 1176 as Rastko Nemanjic Died: 14 January 1235 at Tirnovo, Bulgaria of natural causes Patronage: Serbia, Serbs Prince of Serbia, the son of King Stephen I Nemanya. He took the name Sava (Sabas) when he became a monk at Mount Athos. His father later surrendered his crown and became a monk, too, and together […]
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St. Kentigern
Born: c.518 at Culross, Fife, Scotland Died: 13 January 603 in Glasgow, Scotland of natural causes, relics in the crypt of the Kentigern cathedral, Glasgow Patronage: Glasgow, Scotland, salmon Grandson of the British prince Lothus; son of Saint Theneva. Hermit. Monk. Missionary to Scotland, beginning at Cathures. Bishop of the Strathclyde Britons in the area […]
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Bl. Francesco Maria Greco
Born: 26 July 1857 Acri, Cosenza, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Died: 13 January 1931 (aged 73) Acri, Cosenza, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 21 May 2016, Cosenza, Italy by Cardinal Angelo Amato Feast: 13 January Patronage: Little Workers of the Sacred Heart, Acri Blessed Francesco Maria Greco (26 July 1857 […]
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Prayers to St. Hilary of Poitiers
Prayer to St. Hilary of Poitiers All-powerful God, as Saint Hilary defended the divinity of Christ your Son, give us a deeper understanding of this mystery and help us to profess it in all truth. Amen. Prayer of St. Hilary of Poitiers I am well aware, almighty God and Father, that in my life I […]
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St. Hilary of Poitiers
Born: c. 310 AD Pictavium, Gaul (modern-day Poitiers, France) Died: c. 367 Poitiers Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Oriental Orthodoxy Canonized: Pre-Congregation Feast: 13 January 14 January (Byzantine Christianity; some local calendars and pre-1970 General Roman Calendar) Saint Hilary was a native of Poitiers in Aquitaine. Born and […]
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