BL. MARY THERESA LEDOCHÓWSKA, VIRGIN - 6 JULY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY

Saints celebrated on the 6th of July

Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

BL. MARY THERESA LEDOCHÓWSKA

Blessed Mary Theresa Ledóchowska was born in Loosdorf, Austria, on April 29, 1863. She dedicated her life to God and the missions. In 1894 with the approval of Pope Leo XIII, she founded the Institute of the Sisters of St Peter Claver for the African Missions. Mary Theresa died in Rome on July 6, 1922, and was beatified by Pope Paul VI on October 19, 1975.

Those who wish to report graces received through the intercession of Blessed Mary Theresa may send them to:

Sisters of St Peter Claver

89 Shortlands Road

Bromley

Kent

BR2 0JL

England

Tel.: 020 8313 3915

57 Motherwell Road

Bellshill

Lanarkshire

ML4 2JA

Scotland

Tel.: 01698 747 112

bellshillsspc@btinternet.com

claversisters@catholic.org

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PRAYER:

Prayer to the Holy Trinity asking for graces through the intercession of Bl. Mary Theresa Ledochowska

O eternal Father, You sent Your Son into the world to redeem it. Through the intercession of Blessed Mary Theresa, who spent her life working for the salvation of souls, grant me the graces I implore from You today.

(Three “Glory Be” - “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.”)

O eternal Son, You cried out from the Cross, ‘I thirst’ – I desire souls. Through the intercession of Blessed Mary Theresa, who throughout her life wished only to quench Your thirst for souls, grant me the graces I implore from You this day.

(Three “Glory Be”)

O Holy Spirit, Spirit of Love, You enkindled the apostolic soul of Your true servant, Mary Theresa, with your divine fire. Through her intercession, grant me the graces I implore from You this day.

(Three “Glory Be”)

O God, You called Blessed Mary Theresa, virgin, to leave her service at the palace and to live only for Christ and His Mystical Body the Church. Through her intercession, grant that we, truly filled with Your love, might devote all our energies to the service of our brothers and sisters. We ask this through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

- With ecclesiastical approval -

(The above prayer and contact details are taken from a prayer leaflet distributed by the Sisters of St Peter Claver)