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22 October 2012

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La Fleur de Lys too: Not the least amongst the Saints

La Fleur de Lys too: Not the least amongst the Saints


Not the least amongst the Saints

Kateri Tekakwitha was born in today’s New York state in 1656 to a Mohawk father and a Christian Algonquin mother who gave to her a sense of the living God. She was baptized at twenty years of age and, to escape persecution, she took refuge in Saint Francis Xavier Mission near Montreal. There she worked, faithful to the traditions of her people, although renouncing their religious convictions until her death at the age of twenty-four. Leading a simple life, Kateri remained faithful to her love for Jesus, to prayer and to daily Mass. Her greatest wish was to know and to do what pleased God. She lived a life radiant with faith and purity.
Kateri impresses us by the action of grace in her life in spite of the absence of external help and by the courage of her vocation, so unusual in her culture. In her, faith and culture enrich each other! May her example help us to live where we are, loving Jesus without denying who we are. Saint Kateri, Protectress of Canada and the first native American saint, we entrust to you the renewal of the faith in the first nations and in all of North America! May God bless the first nations!

Jhesu+Marie Brantigny St Kateri Tekawitha portraits barrowed from the Catholic Illustrators Guild

La Fleur de Lys too: Saint Michel Archange

La Fleur de Lys too: Saint Michel Archange


Saint Michel Archange


Seigneur, daigne te souvenir que dans les circonstances douloureuses de notre histoire, tu as fait de l'Archange saint Michel l'instrument de ta miséricorde à notre égard. Nous ne saurions l'oublier ; c'est pourquoi nous te conjurons de conserver à notre patrie la protection dont tu l'as jadis entourée par le ministère de cet Archange vainqueur.

Et toi, ô saint Michel, Prince des Milices célestes, viens à nous ; nous t'appelons.

Tu es l'Ange gardien de l'Eglise et de la France ; c'est toi qui as inspiré et soutenu Jeanne d'Arc dans sa mission libératrice. Viens encore à notre secours et sauve-nous ! Nous mettons nos personnes, nos familles, nos paroisses, la France entière, sous ta protection toute spéciale. Nous en avons la ferme espérance, tu ne laisseras pas mourir le peuple qui t'a é...té confié.

Que Dieu suscite parmi nous des saints ! Par eux, ô saint Archange, fais triompher l'Eglise dans la lutte qu'elle soutient contre l'enfer déchaîné et, par la Vertu du Saint-Esprit, établis le règne du Christ sur la France et dans le monde, afin que la paix du ciel y demeure à jamais.

Ainsi soit-il.

Saint Michel Archange, prie pour nous, pour l'Eglise et pour la France. Saint Aubert, prie pour nous. Saint Louis, roi de France, prie pour nous. Sainte Jeanne d'Arc, prie pour nous. Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus, prie pour nous. Saints et Saintes de France, priez pour nous.See More

Lord, deign to remember that in the painful circumstances of our history, you made the Archangel Michael the instrument of your mercy towards us. We must not forget it; This is why we urge you to keep our homeland protections you have once surrounded it by the Ministry of this winner Archangel.

And you, o saint Michael, Prince of the celestial militia, come to us; We call you.

You are the guardian of the Church and the Angel of France ; It is you who have inspired and supported Joan of Arc in its liberating mission. Still come to our rescue and save us! We put our people, our families, our parishes, the entire France, under your very special protection. We hope farm, you will not let die the people entrusted to you.

That God is with us the saints! By them, o saint Archangel, do triumph the Church in combating it supports against the raging hell, and by the virtue of the Holy Spirit, established the reign of Christ on the France and in the world, so that the peace of heaven remains there forever.

So be.

St. Michael the Archangel, prays for US, for the Church and for the France. Saint Aubert, pray for us. Saint Louis, King of France, pray for us. Sainte Jeanne d'Arc, pray for us. Saint Thérèse of the child Jesus, pray for us. Saints and Holy of France, pray for us.  

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