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Prayer of the month

Prayer to St. Elizabeth of Hungary,

Devoted servant of Christ, you chose a life of humility and service despite your royal birth. Through your love for the poor and sick, you showed us the true meaning of charity and faith.

Help us to follow your example, serving others with compassion and bearing life’s trials with patience.

We ask for your intercession to guide us in living lives of holiness and love. May we, like you, care for those in need and always seek a deeper relationship with Christ through our acts of mercy and kindness.

Amen.

Saint of the month

St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Feast Day – November 17

Born a princess in 1207, Elizabeth was a teenager when she first learned about the ideals of St. Francis of Assisi and started to live them.

Elizabeth was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary, and so is known as St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Yet, she really should be associated with Thuringia in Germany, because at the age of one, her family betrothed her to the future Louis IV and she was sent to Thuringia to the same castle where Louis lived.

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