Archive for November 28, 2018
St. Saturninus of Toulouse
Born: third century Patras, Greece Died: c. 257 AD Toulouse, Gaul (modern-day France) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Canonized: Pre-Congregation Major shrine: Basilique St-Sernin, Toulouse Feast: 29 November Patronage: Toulouse, France Saint Saturnin of Toulouse with a feast day entered for 29 November, was one of the “Apostles to the Gauls” sent […]
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Novena to Immaculate Conception
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, did prepare a worthy dwelling place for Your Son, we beseech You that, as by the foreseen death of this, Your Son, You did preserve Her from all stain, so too You would permit us, purified through Her intercession, to come unto You. […]
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Novena to Christ the King
Day 1 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Christ, our Savior and our King, renew in me allegiance to Your Kingship. I pray for the grace to place You above the powers of this world in all things. O Prince of Peace, may Your reign […]
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Miraculous Medal Novena to St. Catherine Laboure
(Please recite this Novena for 9 days) Opening Prayer Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created; and Thou shall renew the face of the earth. O God, You instructed the hearts of the faithful by the […]
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Prayers to Saint Catherine Laboure
Prayer to Saint Catherine Laboure Saint Catherine Labouré, you were the chosen confidant of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She revealed to you her desire that her children wear the Miraculous Medal as a mark of their love for her and in honor of her Immaculate Conception. Intercede for us, that we may follow our heavenly […]
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St. Catherine Laboure
Born: May 2, 1806 Fain-lès-Moutiers, Côte-d’Or, France Died: December 31, 1876 (aged 70) Enghien-les-Bains, Seine-et-Oise, France Venerated: in Roman Catholicism Beatified: May 28, 1933, Vatican by Pope Pius XI Canonized: July 27, 1947, Vatican by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Paris, France Feast: 28 November, 31 December […]
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Prayers to St. James of the Marches
Prayer to St. James of the Marches “Beloved and most holy word of God! You enlighten the hearts of the faithful, you satisfy the hungry, console the afflicted; you make the souls of all productive of good and cause all virtues to blossom; you snatch souls from the devil’s jaw; you make the wretched holy, […]
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Novena to St. Albert the Great
First Day St. Albert the Great and Faith The least sign of appreciation a man can show for a gift given him by a friend is to examine it carefully, explore its hidden beauties, seek to discover its unseen perfections. To do less than this would be the shabbiest exhibition of ingratitude and misprizement. Now […]
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