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2 Chronicles 7:14

Verse:

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” - 2 Chronicles 7:14

A Prayer for Special Intentions

Almighty and loving Father,
I thank you for giving St. Gerard to us
as a most appealing model and powerful friend.
By his example,
he showed us how to love and trust You.
You have showered many blessings
on those who call upon him.
For Your greater glory and my welfare,
please grant me the favours
which I ask in his name.

(Mention your needs here...)

And you, my powerful patron,
intercede for me before the throne of God.
Draw near to that throne
and do not leave it until you have been heard.
O good saint,
to you I address my feverent prayers;
graciously accept them
and let me experience in some way
the effects of your powerful intercession.

Amen.

Sources:

https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=1117

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Saint Agatha of Sicily

Daily Saints

Saint Agatha of Sicily is one of several virgin martyrs who are commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. She is one of the most highly venerated virgin martyrs of Christian antiquity.

According to the 13th-century Golden Legend (III.15) by Jacobus de Voragine, 15-year-old Agatha, from a rich and noble family, made a vow of virginity and rejected the amorous advances of the Roman prefect Quintianus, who thought he could force her to turn away from her vow and marry him. His persistent proposals were consistently spurned by Agatha. This was during the persecutions of Decius, so Quintianus, knowing she was a Christian, reported her to the authorities. Quintianus himself was governor of the district.

Agatha died in prison, probably in the year 251 according to the Legenda Aurea. Agatha is the patron saint of Catania, Molise, Malta, San Marino, Gallipoli in Apulia, and Zamarramala, a municipality of the Province of Segovia in Spain. She is also the patron saint of breast cancer patients, martyrs, wet nurses, bell-founders, and bakers, and is invoked against fire, earthquakes, and eruptions of Mount Etna.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_of_Sicily
D'Arrigo, Santo. Il Martirio di Santa Agata (Catania) 1985
Delaney, John P. (1980). Dictionary of Saints (Second ed.). Garden City, NY: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-13594-7.

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Proverbs 19:14

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.” - Proverbs 19:14

A Prayer for Church Unity

Almighty and eternal God,
You have promised that there will someday be but one fold and one Shepherd.
Hasten that day, we pray You,
in Your most merciful kindness and generosity.
Pour the light of Your grace
into the minds of our non-Catholic friends
so that they may see the truth,
and fully realize that the truth is one and undivided.
Give them also the strength of will
needed to follow in the direction of the light You give them.

Let us, their neighbors and friends,
not be a hindrance to their conversion by our bad example.
Rather let Your goodness be made clear to them by the virtue of our lives.
Then may they finally all be brought to You,
the Light that enlightens every man who comes into the world.

Amen.

Sources:

https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=3243

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Saint John de Britto

Daily Saints

Saint John de Britto, also known as Arul Anandar, was the scion of a powerful aristocratic Portuguese family.

He joined the Jesuits in 1662, studying at the famous University of Coimbra. He travelled to the missions of Madurai, in Southern India, present-day Tamil Nadu, in 1673 and preached the Christian religion in the region of the Maravar country

John de Britto’s preaching led to the conversion of Thadiyathevan, a Maravar prince who had several wives. When Thadiyathevan was required to dismiss all his wives but one, a serious problem arose. One of the wives was a niece of the neighbouring king, the Raghunatha Kilavan Sethupathi, the King of Ramnad, who took up her quarrel and began a general persecution of Christians.[4] Britto and the catechists were taken and carried to the capital, Ramnad. Thence he was led to Orur, some 30 miles northward along the coast, where he was executed on 4 February 1693.
Saint John de Britto was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr, often called “the Portuguese St Francis Xavier” by Indian Catholics. He is also called the John the Baptist of India.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Britto
2011 Census of India. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
de Britto, Fernando Pereira (brother of John de Britto) (1852) [History of the birth, life and martyrdom of Blessed John de Britto of the Society of Jesus, Martyr of Asia, and Protomartyr of the Madura Mission]
Roberts, Holly Harlayne (2004-09-01). Vegetarian Christian Saints: Mystics, Ascetics & Monks. New York: Anjeli Press. p. 198

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James 3:18

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.” - James 3:18

A Prayer for Healing

Lord, You invite all who are burdened to come to you. Allow Your healing Hand to heal me. Touch my soul with Your compassion for others; touch my heart with Your courage and infinite Love for all; touch my mind with Your Wisdom, and may my mouth always proclaim Your praise. Teach me to reach out to You in all my needs, and help me to lead others to You by my example.
Most loving Heart of Jesus, bring me health in body and spirit that I may serve You with all my strength. Touch gently this life which you have created, now and forever.
Amen.

Sources:

Original Source of Prayer : https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=1325

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Saint Lawrence of Canterbury

Daily Saints

Saint Lawrence of Canterbury was part of the Gregorian mission originally dispatched from Rome in 595 to convert the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism to Christianity; he landed at Thanet, Kent, with Augustine in 597.

Saint Lawrence of Canterbury was the second Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from about 604 to 619. He was consecrated archbishop by his predecessor, Augustine of Canterbury, during Augustine’s lifetime, to ensure continuity in the office. While archbishop, he attempted unsuccessfully to resolve differences with the native British bishops by corresponding with them about points of dispute. Laurence faced a crisis following the death of King Æthelberht of Kent, when the king’s successor abandoned Christianity; he eventually reconverted.

Saint Lawrence died on 2 February 619, and was buried in the abbey of St Peter and Paul in Canterbury.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_of_Canterbury
Blair World of Bede p. 85
Lapidge "Laurentius" Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon Englan
Brooks "Laurence" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 106
Hindley Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons p. 36

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Matthew 5:14

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.” - Matthew 5:14

Blessing of Grapes

Bless, O Lord, these new fruits of the vine which Thou hast brought to maturity by the dew of heaven, by plentiful rains, and by tranquil and favorable weather. Thou hast given us this fruit for our use that we may receive it with thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.

Sources:

https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=384

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Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

Daily Saints

Also known as, Candlemas or Presentation of Christ in the Temple, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is a Christian celebration. It commemorates the occasion when the Blessed Virgin Mary went to the Temple to be purified 40 days after the birth of Jesus, and to present him to God.

At the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Her journal, discovered in 1887, gives an unprecedented glimpse of liturgical life there. Among the celebrations she describes is the Epiphany, the observance of Christ’s birth, and the gala procession in honor of his Presentation in the Temple 40 days later. Under the Mosaic Law, a woman was ritually “unclean” for 40 days after childbirth, when she was to present herself to the priests and offer sacrifice—her “purification.” Contact with anyone who had brushed against mystery—birth or death—excluded a person from Jewish worship. This feast emphasizes Jesus’ first appearance in the Temple more than Mary’s purification.

The observance spread throughout the Western Church in the fifth and sixth centuries. Because the Church in the West celebrated Jesus’ birth on December 25, the Presentation was moved to February 2, 40 days after Christmas.

At the beginning of the eighth century, Pope Sergius inaugurated a candlelight procession; at the end of the same century the blessing and distribution of candles which continues to this day became part of the celebration, giving the feast its popular name: Candlemas.

Sources:

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/presentation-of-the-lord/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Candlemas

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Proverbs 10:22

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.” - Proverbs 10:22

Prayer for a Sick Person

Almighty and Eternal God,
You are the everlasting health of those who believe in You.
Hear us for Your sick servant (N...)
for whom we implore the aid of Your tender mercy,
that being restored to bodily health,
he (she) may give thanks to You in Your Church.
Through Christ our Lord.

Sources:

https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=1113

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Saint Brigid of Ireland

Daily Saints

Saint Brigid is also known as Saint Brigid of Kildare. She is patroness saint of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. She is patroness of many things, including poetry, learning, healing, protection, blacksmithing, livestock and dairy production. The saint shares her name with a Celtic goddess.

There are few historical facts about her, and early hagiographies are mainly anecdotes and miracle tales, some of which are rooted in pagan folklore. She was an abbess who founded several convents of nuns, most notably that of Kildare, which was one of the most important in Ireland.

Brigid was said to have worked miracles, including healing and feeding the poor. According to one tale, as a child, she once gave away her mother’s entire store of butter. The butter was then replenished in answer to Brigid’s prayers. Around the age of ten, she was returned as a household servant to her father, where her charity led her to donate his belongings to anyone who asked.

Brigid, with an initial group of seven companions, is credited with organising communal consecrated religious life for women in Ireland.She founded two monasteries; one for men, the other for women.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_of_Kildare
St. Brigid's GNS, Glasnevin.
Farmer, David. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Fifth Edition, Revised). Oxford University Press, 2011. pp.66–67, 467–470
Jestice, Phyllis G. (2004). Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 140–. ISBN 9781576073551.

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