Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



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Jamberry77
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Posted: Oct 05 2007 at 7:06am | IP Logged Quote Jamberry77
God blessed St. Gerard Magella richly, and it seems He always gave St. Gerard whatever he asked for (if it was God's will). Start your novena today to finish by his feast day, October 16. I am praying for the conversions of some dear people who have left the Church. The people who knew St. Gerard say they believe he never committed any sins at all, not even venial, he was so in tune with God's will.

(Type in "St. Gerard Novena" and you'll get a prayer from EWTN and a website hosted by a lady who asked for St. Gerard's prayers after a miscarriage and the death of newborn twins and God blessed her with 16 children!)

By the way, I wanted to tell you ladies that I pray for your intentions daily, even though I don't post often that I do so.

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Posted: Oct 05 2007 at 9:11am | IP Logged Quote LisaR
Our Thomas Bonaventure Gerard has a special devotion to him- Thomas had a twin that we lost, and we almost lost Thomas as well.

Thomas for "twin", Bonaventure for St Bonaventure (St Bonaventure was named John but it was changed to "Bonaventura- "good fortune" because he almost died as a child), and then Gerard for your reasons explained above!
thanks for posting this!

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I will Definitely be praying this novena!!!

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Thank you so much!




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I've had a special devotion to St. Gerard for years. When we baptized Lydia last month, our church asked us to declare a family patron & we put him down as ours.

DH & I started a novena to him this morning, in fact (not realizing we were 9 days from his feast day! We just knew we were in need.)

This is the prayer we're using:

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 favors 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 fervent prayers;
graciously accept them
and let me experience in some way
the effects of your powerful intercession.

Amen.


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Posted: Oct 06 2007 at 5:35pm | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
Thanks for posting this!

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Bumping this one up

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