ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH
Saints celebrated on the 20th of March
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.
ST MARIA JOSEFA SANCHO DE GUERRA, VIRGIN AND FOUNDRESS
Saint Maria Josefa Sancho de Guerra was born on September 7, 1842 in Vitoria in the Basque region, Spain. In her late teens she felt called to serve Christ as a religious. She joined the Institute of the Servants of Mary, taking the religious name of Maria Josefa of the Heart of Mary.
LOOKING AFTER THE SICK AND THE HOMELESS
The new Institute, the "Servants of Jesus" was founded by her in 1871. The special calling of this Institute was to help the sick and the homeless. Today the sisters operate in sixteen countries. St Maria Josefa died on March 20, 1920.
PRAYER:
O God, who gladden us each year by the feast of blessed Maria Josefa, graciously grant that, as we rejoice in her merits, we may be inspired by her example. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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