Light a Candle
The offering of a burning candle before our altars and shrines is an act of prayer to God, our blessed Mother, or the saints.
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St. Anthony’s Bread
This devotion to St. Anthony goes back to the Thirteenth Century. It isa source of many favors and graces and is of great aid to the poor and needy.
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Submit Your Prayer Request
Post your prayer request. Your prayer requests will be placed on the altar for remembrance at Mass.
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St. Dymphna
Feast Day – May 15
St. Dymphna is another young saint venerated in the Catholic Church. She was killed by her own father, the pagan king of Oriel in Ireland, when she was about 15 years old. Distraught over the death of his wife, the king listened to the advice of his council and decided to marry his own daughter.
To avoid this, Dymphna fled Ireland with her confessor, seeking a safe haven in the small town of Gheel in Belgium. Eventually she was discovered by her father who killed her and the priest when she still refused his advances.
Prayer of the Month
Prayer to St. Dymphna
Good St. Dymphna, you placed all your hope in Christ’s promises and sacrificed even your life in that hope.
The Lord God, rewarded your constancy by making your name known and loved over many centuries by the thousands whom you have aided in time of difficulty.
Please assist us now in our present necessity and intercede before God for our intentions. Obtain for us a firm hope like your own in God’s unfailing protection.
Amen.