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  NOVENA TO ST MARTHA St Martha Prayer Card  Saint Martha, I resort to thy aid and protection. As proof of my affection and faith, I offer thee this light, which I shall burn every Tuesday. Comfort me in all my difficulties and through the great favours you did enjoy when the Saviour was lodging in thy house, intercede for my family, that we be provided for in our necessities. I ask of thee, St Martha, to overcome all difficulties as thou didst overcome the dragon which thou hadst at thy feet. Amen. Our Father…, Hail Mary…, Glory be… ➡️ More information about Saint Martha

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 29th of July WELCOME! SAINT JOSEPH ZHANG WENLAN AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Chinese Priests in their Ecclesiastical Robes, Canton, China - 1/1/1919 The Tsingay seminary for the training of Catholic priests in Yaojiaguan (姚家关), China, which had been opened by Bishop Hu, was raided by Christophobic soldiers in 1861. Three seminarians, Saint Joseph Zhang Wenlan, Saint Paul Chen Changpin , and Saint John Baptist Luo Tingyin were arrested for being Christians and afterwards sentenced to death.  Along the way, all of them 'showed on their faces the peace and joy that rose from courage to die for their Catholic Faith, as they prayed up to the last minute before entering the glory of martyrdom'. All four, including Saint Martha Wang Luo Mande , the Christian Seminary cook, who had accompanied them, were decapitated for the sake of Jesus Christ on July 29, 1861. PRAYER: Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 24th of February   WELCOME! SAINT MARTHA, MARTYR OF NICOMEDIA Today, we also commemorate Saint Martha, a companion of  Saint Lucian , who was martyred at Nicomedia in Bithynia. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 892-93) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Martha may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. 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. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 20th of October WELCOME! SAINTS MARTHA AND SAULA, VIRGINS AND MARTYRS   Saints Martha and Saula were among the company of virgin martyrs surrounding St Ursula. "The history of these celebrated virgins of Cologne rests on ten lines, and these are open to question. This legend, with its countless variants and increasingly fabulous developments, would fill more than a hundred pages. Various characteristics of it were already regarded with suspicion by certain medieval writers... Briefly, for the solid reconstruction of the true history of the virgin martyrs, there is only the inscription of Clematius and some details furnished by ancient liturgical books. Unfortunately, these latter are very meager, and the inscription is in part extremely obscure. This document, carved on a stone which may be seen in the choir of the Church of St Ursula at Cologne, is couched in the following terms: DIVINIS FLAMMEIS VISIONIB. FREQVENTER...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 23rd 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 the...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 29th of July   WELCOME! ST MARTHA OF BETHANY'S STORY FROM THE GOLDEN LEGEND ⬅️ Saint Martha in the Gospels From the 13th century " Golden Legend " by  Bl. Jacopo de Voragine , Archbishop of Genoa, 1275. Originally in Latin, it was the most widely read book (after the Bible) during the late Middle Ages: Here followeth the Life of Saint Martha. Saint Martha, hostess of our Lord Jesus Christ , was born of a royal kindred. Her father was named Syro and her mother Encharia. The father of her was duke of Syria and places maritime, and Martha with her sister possessed by the heritage of their mother three places, that was, the castle Magdalen, and Bethany and a part of Jerusalem.  It is nowhere read that Martha had ever any husband and fellowship of man, but she as a noble hostess ministered and served our Lord, and would also that her sister should serve him and help her, for she thought that all the world was not su...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 29th of July   Regarding the Feast of SS. Martha, Mary and Lazarus WELCOME! SAINT MARTHA OF BETHANY Martha is the sister of Mary and Lazarus: she appears in the Gospel three times – when she receives the Lord into her house and waits on him  ( Luke 10:38-42 ) ; at the resurrection of Lazarus, when she proclaims her faith in Jesus, “son of the living God”; and in John 12:2 , at the meal given to Jesus six days before the Passover. PRAYER: Father, your Son honoured Saint Martha by coming to her home as a guest. By her prayers may we serve Christ in our brothers and sisters and be welcomed by you into heaven, our true home. 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. ➡️ Saint Martha in Marseilles ⬅️ Saint Martha Novena Prayer

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 29th of July   WELCOME! SS. MARTHA, MARY AND LAZARUS From 2021 onwards, the three holy siblings are to be commemorated on one day, "SS Martha, Mary and Lazarus" (July 29). MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SS. MARTHA, MARY AND LAZARUS: Saint Martha of Bethany in the Gospels   Saint Martha of Bethany in Marseilles Saint Lazarus of Bethany in the Gospels   Saint Lazarus of Bethany, Bishop of Marseilles

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 29th of July WELCOME! SAINT MARTHA WANG LUO MANDE, WIDOW AND MARTYR On “…29th July, one of the saints remembered by the Church is St Martha Wang Luo Mande, who is one of the Chinese Martyrs canonised by Pope John Paul II in the year 2000. St Martha was born in 1812 in the town of Zunji and later lived with her husband in Qingyian, where they owned a small vegetable farm. Childless, they adopted two nephews. ST MARTHA BECAME INTRIGUED BY THE MESSAGE OF JESUS After her husband died the two adopted sons left home and St Martha moved to the edge of town where she operated a small inn. When a Catholic from Yoajiaguan came to catechize the people of Qingyian, St Martha became intrigued by the message of Jesus and she became converted to the Catholic Faith on Christmas Day 1852. SHE BECAME CATHOLIC Desiring a greater access to Mass and other Christians, St Martha moved to Guiyang where she worked as a cook in a Catholic hostel for y...