ST MARIA DOMENICA MANTOVANI, VIRGIN AND FOUNDRESS - 2 FEBRUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY

Saints celebrated on the 2nd of February

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 DOMENICA MANTOVANI, VIRGIN AND FOUNDRESS 

Saint Maria Domenica Mantovani (1862-1934) was a foundress from Italy. Despite dropping out of school, the youngster from Castelletto di Brenzone on Lake Garda devoted herself to catechesis among her peers and cared for the sick. In 1886 she took the vow of virginity. Together with the local priest Giuseppe Nascimbeni, Mantovani founded the "Institute of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family" in 1892. John Paul II beatified her in 2003. She was canonised on May 15, 2022.

PRAYER:

O God, who gladden us each year by the feast of the blessed Maria Domenica, 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.