BLESSED KARL OF AUSTRIA

 

 PATRON SAINT OF WORLD PEACE

Please pray for PEACE ON EARTH !

Blessed Charles of Austria
Patron Saint of World Peace

(1887 – 1922) He was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary,  King of Croatia, King of Bohemia and the last of the monarchs belonging to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over Austria-Hungary.  

Blessed Charles was beatified by Pope Saint John Paul II on October 3, 2004.  His feast day is October 21, the date he was married to his wife, Zita, in 1911.  (Zita is now being considered for sainthood as well.)  

Pope John Paul II called him "Prince of Peace" in his beatification ceremony, and Church leaders have praised Charles for putting his Christian faith first in making political decisions, and for his role as a peacemaker during the war, especially after 1917.  After WWI he was exiled with his family and died soon after in Madeira, age 34.  At the beginning of the cause for canonization in 1972 his tomb was opened and his body was discovered to be incorrupt.

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Love, Jeanne

RAPHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

 

Raphael, "God Has Healed"

Please Pray for the Blind, Sick, Crippled, & Injured

Saint Raphael the Archangel
Patron Saint of Healing
 [Bartolome Esteban Murillo]

"Medicine of God"

Raphael is famous for healing Tobit in the Biblical book of "Tobit."  In 1 Enoch he is "set over all disease and every wound of the children of the people" ....WIKIPEDIA  

Prayer to Archangel St. Raphael 

Glorious Archangel Saint Raphael,

great prince of the heavenly court,

you are illustrious for your gifts of wisdom and grace.

You are a guide of those who journey by land or sea or air,

consoler of the afflicted, and refuge of sinners.

I beg you, assist me in all my needs

and in all the sufferings of this life,

as once you helped the young Tobias on his travels.

Because you are the medicine of God,

I humbly pray you to heal the many infirmities of my soul

and the ills that afflict my body.

I especially ask of you the favor

(mention your request here)

and the great grace of purity

to prepare me to be the temple of the Holy Spirit.

St. Raphael, of the glorious seven

who stand before the throne of Him who lives and reigns,

Angel of health, the Lord has filled your hand

with balm from heaven to soothe or cure our pains.

Heal or cure the victim of disease

and guide our steps when doubtful of our ways.. Amen

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Love, Jeanne