Saints celebrated on the 19th of May
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 BERNARDA BÜTLER, VIRGIN AND FOUNDRESS
Maria Bernarda Bütler was born as Verena Bütler on May 28, 1848 in Auw, Canton Aargau, Switzerland.
She became a Capuchin nun in Altstätten in 1867. In 1888 she left for Ecuador, South America, where she founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Maria Hilf.
From 1895 she and her Sisters worked in Cartagena, Colombia, among the poor. There she died on May 19, 1924, venerated as a Saint of Mercy. Pope John Paul II beatified her on October 29, 1995 and canonised her on October 12, 2008.
PRAYER:
Merciful God,
you chose Saint Maria Bernarda
to show your love to the poor
and to help spread your kingdom.
Help us by her intercession,
to serve our brothers and sisters in love.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
(Information from
https://www.maria-bernarda.ch/)
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