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Louis Martin was born into a military family in Bordeaux region of France. As a young man, he desired to join a Catholic religious community, but was not admitted because he could not speak Latin and thus could not study theology. He trained to become a watchmaker and moved to the Normandy region of France where he met Zélie Guérin, a lace maker. Zélie also had tried to ente...

Lord Jesus - you bring us God’s truth. 

Christ Jesus - you are the beloved son of the Father. 

Lord Jesus - you call us to wisdom.

Priest: With faith, hope, and love, we present our prayers to our heavenly Father:

1. That we in the Church may recognize God's presence in both the extraordinary and ordinary events of our lives

2. That we be more ...

Lord Jesus - You speak to us through nature and the changing of the seasons. 

Christ Jesus - Through you, all things become new. 

Lord Jesus - You are the rock of salvation.

Priest: With faith, hope, and love, we present our prayers to our heavenly Father:

1. We pray that we may discern God’s will for our lives and cooperate with God more fully. 

St Rose of Viterbo was a prophetic young girl who inspired her homeland to stand with the Vatican in a dispute with an emperor. Frederick II was emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th century. He was in conflict with the pope, who excommunicated him. In response, Frederick attacked the papal states, conquering the region of Viterbo, Italy. Rose was born in Viterbo and l...

The saint we celebrate today could be very blunt and direct with people, telling them what he saw as the truth, without worrying about offering them. However, he is now one of our most beloved saints in the modern world. Padre Pio was born to a poor family of farmers in southern Italy in the late 19th century. On two different occasions, his father worked in the United Sta...