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Novena ~ Saint Giuseppe Moscati

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The novena to St. Joseph Moscati begins today November 7th – 15th… Celebrate his feast day November 16 by going to Mass and praying for your physician and those in the medical field.  May you be blessed by his prayers and intercession.




“Dear St Joseph Moscati, true model of Christian doctors, in the exercise of your medical profession, you always took care of both the body and soul of every patient.  

Look on us, who have recourse to your heavenly intercession, and obtain for us both physical and 

spiritual health, and a share in the dispensation of heavenly favors. 
Soothe the pains of our suffering people; give comfort to the sick, consolation to the afflicted and hope to the despondent.  

May our young people find in you an ideal, our workers an example, the aging a comfort, the dying the hope of eternal salvation.  
To all of us be a pattern of industriousness, honesty and charity; so we may comply with our Christian duties and glorify God our Father.”  Amen




Also known as
  • Giuseppe Moscati
  • Joseph Mario Charles Alphonse Moscati

Seventh of nine children born to a prominent family, the son of Francsco Moscati, a lawyer and magistrate who served as an altar server whenever possible, and Rosa de Luca dei Marchesi di Roseto, whose family was Italian nobility. Giuseppe’s family moved to Naples, Italy when the boy was four years old; he made his First Communion at age eight, Confirmation at ten. Friend of Blessed Bartolo Longo and Blessed Caterina Volpicelli. Received his doctorate from the University of Naples in 1903. Worked at and served as administrator of a hospital for the incurable while continuing to study and do medical research. Assisted in the preparation for and recovery from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 April 1906, but refused any recognition for the work. Led the work to stop cholera in Naples. Member of the Royal Academy of Surgical Medicine in 1911, and received a doctorate in physiological chemistry. Directed several hospitals and medical societies, and was one of the first to experiment with the use of insulin for diabetes. Tried to enlist in the army in World War I, but was refused and instead ran a hospital for the wounded; personally treated almost 3,000 soldiers. He healed (sometimes miraculously), taught at numerous universities and hospitals, and supported the poor and outcast; could sometimes diagnose a patient‘s illness and prescribe for it without having seen the patient. Knew when and how to use a patient‘s faith and the sacraments to effect a cure. First modern physician to be canonized.

Resource:  www.saints.sqpn.com

St. Giuseppe Moscati

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Feast day: November 16
Patron of Bachelors and people
 rejected by religious orders.

JOSEPH Moscati was born in Benevento, Italy, on July 25, 1880.  He was a very friendly and well-liked person. He was extremely intelligent, pious and prayerful.

He went to medical school at the University of Naples. He graduated with a degree in Medicine and Surgery, when he was 23 years old.

He wanted to become a Jesuit but the Jesuit priests felt that God’s will was for Dr. Moscati to remain in the world as a physician.

He volunteered in the Italian Army and became a major. He cared for the wounded soldiers and helped them love God.

Dr. Moscati believed that the health of the body depended upon the soul remaining in the state of grace. He said, “One must attend first to the salvation of the soul and only then to that of the body.” He helped many people return to the Sacraments. Most of his patients were the poor, the homeless, the religious and the priests – all from whom he would never accept payment.  Finally, he refused payment from any of his patients saying, “These are working folk. What have we that has not been given us by Our Lord? Woe to us if we do not make good use of God’s gifts!”

He was always good to his patients and received admiration and respect from everyone. He went to Mass everyday and had a great devotion to Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception.

On April 12, 1927, after doing his normal hospital rounds and visiting the poor and examining patients in his home, he felt ill, stopped work, went to his room, sat in his chair and died. He was 46.

Prayer to St. Joseph Moscati

“Dear St Joseph Moscati, true model of Christian doctors, in the exercise of your medical profession, you always took care of both the body and soul of every patient.

Look on us, who have recourse to your heavenly intercession, and obtain for us both physical and spiritual health, and a share in the dispensation of heavenly favors.

Soothe the pains of our suffering people; give comfort to the sick, consolation to the afflicted and hope to the despondent.

May our young people find in you an ideal, our workers an example, the aging a comfort, the dying the hope of eternal salvation.

To all of us be a pattern of industriousness, honesty and charity; so we may comply with our Christian duties and glorify God our Father.”  

Amen.


http://www.moscati.it/En_GM_index.html

http://www.ainglkiss.com/saints/jomo.html

catholic.net Article: 
St. Joseph of Moscati
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Elisabeth Leseur Servant of God ~ Novena/Prayer

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Prayer asking for the Intercession 
of 
Elisabeth Leseur Servant of God

God, our Father, you fortified Your servant Elisabeth with admirable prudence and a profound interior life, so that she could bear witness to Christ before her husband and in the unbelieving world that surrounded her. You gave her great meekness, making her capable of accepting her sufferings as an agreeable prayer to you.
We thank you, Father, for the gifts that You gave her, for the example she has given to the women of today, and for the benefits obtained in our family through her intercession.
We confidently beseech you that through her intercession you grant us the grace of… (Ask for the grace desired.)
We also ask that, if it be Your will, the Church may recognize the holiness of Elisabeth’s life, for the glory of the Holy Trinity.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

* With ecclesiastical approval





Please contact The Cause of Elisabeth Leseur, Defensa 422 (1065) Buenos Ares, Argentina or Fr. Vito Gomez-Garcia,O.P., Postulator Generalis, if you receive special graces through Elisabeth’s intercession.


 

Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary
and Convent of Saint Dominic – Late S. XVIII

c/o Order of Friars Preachers

422 Defense  C1065AAH- Buenos Aires

Phone: 
4331-1668 / 343-5009 
Jurisdiction Parish: St. Ignatius of Loyola 
belongs: Order of Friars Preachers
OR
Fr. Vito Gomez – Garcia, O.P.
Postulator Generalis
Curia Generalizia dei Padri Domenicani
Convento Santa Sabina (Aventino)
Piazza Pietro d’Illiria, 100153 Roma (Italia)
Telephone: (39) 6 57 941
Fax: (39) 6 57 50 675
e-mail: postulatore@curia.op.org

Saint Alphonsus de Liguori – Only One Thing is Necessary

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ONLY ONE THING IS NECESSARY
A Prayer of Saint Alphonsus Liguori

0 my God, help me to remember – That time is short, eternity is long.  What good is all the greatness of this world at the hour of death?  To love You, my God, and save my soul is the one thing necessary.  Without You, there is no peace, no joy.  My God, I need fear nothing but sin.  For to lose You, my God, is to lose all.      


0 my God, help me to remember – That to gain all I must leave all, That in loving You I have all good things: the infinite riches of Christ and His Church, the motherly protection of Mary, peace beyond understanding, joy unspeakable!


Eternal Father, your Son has promised that whatever we ask in His Name will be given to us. In His Name I pray: give me a burning faith, a joyful hope, a holy love for Jesus Christ. Give me the grace of perseverance in doing Your will in all things. Do with me what You will. I repent of having offended You. Grant, O Lord, that I may love You always and never let me be separated from You.  O my God and my All, make me a saint!  AMEN






Resource: http://feastofsaints.com/prayersofsaints.htm



Mondays with Elisabeth

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While reading Elisabeth’s journal you will find  a prayer that she wrote for the virtue of hope.  Something that we all need to hold on to in our daily lives, if you take time each day to truly see that God Our Father has truly given us many gifts to get us through our challenges each and every day, we just need to ask for them!





“Prayer to Ask of God the Virtue of Hope”

My God, who has allowed us human hope,
but who alone obtains Christian and 
supernatural hope, grant, I beseech You, by 
Your grace, this virtue to my soul, to the souls 
of all I love, and to all Christian souls.  Let it 
enlighten and transform our lives, our suffering, and 
even our death, and let it uphold in us, through
the disappointment and sadness of each day, an
inner strength and unalterable serenity.

~ Elisabeth Leseur ~ 
(revised)

Saint Hannah’s ~ Prayer for a Son

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Hannah prayed for a child at the foot of the altar, and G-d heard the cry of her heart, sending her a son (Samuel) who would become a Jewish high-priest… Let us also remember our beloved priests today; knowing that one day we may have a son at the altar offering sacrifice for you and me.  

Thursdays are a day to remember our priests, I bet we could make a habit of this don’t you agree?









Prayer for Priests
by St. Therese of Lisieux


O Jesus, eternal Priest, 
keep your priests within 
the shelter of Your Sacred Heart, 
where none may touch them. 

Keep unstained their anointed hands, 
which daily touch Your Sacred Body. 

Keep unsullied their lips, 
daily purpled with your Precious Blood. 

Keep pure and unearthly their hearts, 
sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood. 

Let Your holy love surround them and 
shield them from the world’s contagion. 

Bless their labors with abundant fruit and 
may the souls to whom they minister be their 
joy and consolation here and in heaven their 
beautiful and everlasting crown. 
Amen.

Wordless Wednesday (with some words)

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“I know by experience that in hours of trial certain graces are obtained for others that all our efforts had not previously obtained. I have thus concluded that suffering is the higher form of action, the best expression in the wonderful communion of saints. . .Through it God consents to accomplish everything. Suffering helps Christ to save the world and souls. When I am overwhelmed by the immensity of my desires for those I love, . .it is toward suffering that I turn. It is through suffering that I ask to be allowed to serve as an intermediary between God and souls. It is the perfect form of prayer, the only infallible form of action. “

~Servant of God Elizabeth Leseur

My Nothingness is My All

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Do you ever wake up with nothing to give?  Are you feeling empty and helpless?  Then you have everything to give Our Lord in your emptiness. This emptiness actually becomes our all.  So, today I choose to give my nothingness which will become everything when given to Our Lord with our heart, mind, and soul.  
I pray that you will join me in the efforts to give what I do not have to give as St. Therese will also share; this is where I am today.  
Let us unite our emptiness to Jesus and Mary at the foot of the cross with our yes to God the Father and ask that all married couples will be blessed with much grace today as they carry their cross with Christ.  I will be praying my chaplet of Hannah’s Tears today uniting myself to Jesus that all of you will be filled with the hope you need to get through today.
Blessings,
Therese


  • “Do you feel worthless sometimes? Does your life seem meaningless? Prayers to St. Therese of Lisieux, (who is affectionately known as the “Little Flower”) can help remind you that in God’s eyes your nothingness” is really something, as long as you give Him your best each day!”


O Glorious St. Therese, whom Almighty God has raised up to aid and inspire the human family, I implore your Miraculous Intercession. You are so powerful in obtaining every need of body and spirit from the Heart of God. Holy Mother Church proclaims you ‘Prodigy of Miracles… the Greatest Saint of Modern Times.’ Now I fervently beseech you to answer my petition (mention here) and to carry out your promises of spending Heaven doing good on earth…of letting fall from Heaven a Shower of Roses. Little Flower, give me your childlike faith, to see the Face of God in the people and experiences of my life, and to love God with full confidence. St. Therese, my Carmelite Sister, I will fulfill your plea ‘to be made known everywhere’ and I will continue to lead others to Jesus through you. Amen



“A Priest Forever”

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As I contemplate this Psalm and the video below, I am led to ponder the life of St. Hannah when she prayed for a child.  The child God sent her was Samuel… Samuel, the High Priest… When our prayers are answered with the gift of life, God has a plan laid out for this soul.  This is also for those that are spiritual mothers as well as mothers, we must all pray for the plan of God to be laid out in the soul of these children that are born; that they may hear their true call in life.  None of us will ever be happy unless we are following the plan that our Father in Heaven has planned for us to live by…and so it goes if your son is called to be a priest as Samuel was called, pray for them always, just as we should pray for our shepherds (priests) through this life always to do the will of God the Father and follow His plan.

 

 

In all of our walks in life it will take the great “TREASURE” of “HUMILITY”.  Humility, will keep us faithful as Our Lady Seat of Wisdom guides us by her motherly had to our Trinitarian God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

 

 

God bless you.

 

 

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Psalms
Chapter 110
A psalm of David. The LORD says to you, my lord: “Take your throne at my righthand, while I make your enemies your footstool.”  The scepter of your sovereign might the LORD will extend fromZion. The LORD says: “Rule over your enemies!  Yours is princely power from the day of your birth. In holy splendor before the daystar, like the dew I begot you.” The LORD has sworn and will not waver: “Like Melchizedek you are a priest forever.” At your right hand is the Lord, who crushes kings on the day of wrath, Who, robed in splendor, judges nations, crushes heads across the wide earth, Who drinks from the brook by the wayside and thus holds high the head.

A PRIEST FOREVER

Psalm 110:4

“…Like Melkezidek of old…”You are a Priest Forever…”