Archive for April 28, 2020
Novena to St. Catherine of Siena
(Please recite this novena for 9 consecutive days) O marvelous wonder of the Church, seraphic virgin, Saint Catherine, because of your extraordinary virtue and the immense good which you accomplished for the Church and society, you are acclaimed and blessed by all people. Oh, turn your benign countenance to me, who confident of your powerful […]
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Prayers to St. Catherine of Siena
Prayers to St. Catherine of Siena “Loved Undefiled” by St. Catherine of Siena Eternal God, eternal Trinity, You have made the Blood of Christ so precious through His sharing in Your Divine nature. You are a mystery as deep as the sea; the more I search, the more I find, and the more I find the […]
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St. Catherine of Siena
Born: 25 March 1347 at Siena, Tuscany, Italy Died: 29 April 1380 in Rome, Italy of a mysterious and painful illness that came on without notice, and was never properly diagnosed, buried in the Dominican church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, first funerary monument erected in 1380 by Blessed Raymond of Capua, relics […]
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St. Cyril of Turov
Born: 1130 Died: 1182 of natural causes Venerated: in Eastern Orthodox church, Roman Catholic Church Feast: 28 April Born wealthy. Fluent in Greek and Russian, he read heavily in all sacred works, and was later known as a Bible scholar. When he was grown, he renounced his inheritance, and became a monk in the Turov Borisoglebsk […]
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Novena to St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
(Please recite this novena for 9 consecutive days) Great Apostle and son of Our Lady, Saint Lous de Montfort, thy only desire was to set aflame the world with the love of Jesus, through Mary. Obtain for us then a perfect and constant devotion to Mary, that we may participate in the faith, hope and […]
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Prayers of St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
Prayer of St. Louis De Montfort O Eternal and Incarnate Wisdom! O sweetest and most adorable Jesus! True God and True Man, only Son of the Eternal Father, and of Mary ever Virgin! I adore Thee profoundly in the bosom and glory of Thy Father during eternity; and I adore Thee also in the virginal […]
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St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
Born: 31 January 1673 at Montfort-La-Cane, Brittany, France Died: 28 April 1716 at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sovre, France of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1888 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 20 July 1947 by Pope Pius XII Patronage: preachers, Brothers of Saint Gabriel, Company of Mary, Daughters of Divine Wisdom Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (31 January […]
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Prayers to St. Peter Chanel
Prayer to St. Peter Chanel O God, who for the spreading of your Church crowned Saint Peter Chanel with martyrdom, grant that, in these days of paschal joy, we may so celebrate the mysteries of Christ’s Death and Resurrection as to bear worthy witness to newness of life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, […]
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St. Peter Chanel
Born: 12 July 1803 at Cuet, Ain, France as Peter Louis Mary Chanel Died: beaten to death with clubs on 28 April 1841 at Poi, Uvea, Fortuna Island, New Hebrides, body hacked to pieces with hatchets and buried, remains recovered and taken back to France in 1842, relics returned to Fortuna Island in 1977 Venerated: […]
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