Archive for November 23, 2019
Prayers to St. Cecilia
Prayer to St. Cecilia O glorious Saint, who chose to die instead of denying your King. We pray you please to help us as His fair praise we sing! We lift our hearts in joyous song to honor Him this way. And while we sing, remembering to sing is to doubly pray. At once in […]
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St. Cecilia
Born: 2nd century AD Rome Died: 176–180 or 222–235 AD Sicily Major shrine: Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome Feast: November 22 In the fourth century a Greek religious romance on the Loves of Cecilia and Valerian was written in glorification of virginal life with the purpose of taking the place of then-popular sensual romances. Consequently, […]
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Bl. Enrichetta Alfieri
Born: 23 February 1891 Borgo Vercelli, Vercelli, Kingdom of Italy Died: 23 November 1951 (aged 60) Milan, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 26 June 2011, Milan Cathedral, Italy by Cardinal Angelo Amato Feast: 23 November, 26 November (Archdiocese of Milan) Patronage: Prison chaplains Enrichetta Alfieri (23 February 1891 – 23 November 1951) – […]
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Novena to Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro
Blessed martyr of Christ the King, Father Miguel Agustin Pro, you are a special patron of those who labor, those in illness, depression, or despair. You are also a friend of musicians, the captives, and all who work toward social justice. Your beloved brothers, the Jesuits, revere you and count you among the ranks of […]
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Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro
Born: January 13, 1891 Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico Died: November 23, 1927 (aged 36) Mexico City, Mexico Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Lutheran Church Beatified: September 25, 1988, Saint Peter’s Square, Rome by Pope John Paul II Feast: November 23 After a happy childhood in a loving and religious family in Guadalupe, Mexico, Jose Ramon Miguel […]
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Prayer to Pope St. Clement I
Prayer to Pope St. Clement I All-powerful and ever-living God, we praise your power and glory revealed to us in the lives of all your saints. Give us joy on this feast of Saint Clement, the priest and martyr who bore witness with his blood to the love he proclaimed and the gospel he preached. […]
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Pope St. Clement I
Born: ca. 35 AD Rome, Roman Empire Papacy began: 88 AD Papacy ended: 99 AD Died: 99 AD (aged 63-64) Chersonesus, Taurica, Bosporan Kingdom (modern-day Crimea, Ukraine/Russia) Feast day: 23 November (Catholic Church), 24 November (most Byzantine Churches), 25 November (Russian Orthodox Church), 29 Hathor (Oriental Orthodox Churches) Venerated: in Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutheran […]
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