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Catherine of Siena was a mystic and author who had a great influence on Italian literature and medieval Catholicism. At an early age, she wanted to devote her life to God, but met with disapproval from her parents, she became a Third Order Dominican where she was taught to read by Dominican sisters. Catherine had mystical experiences such as mystical stigmata and what she referred to as a “mystical marriage to Christ”. Her mystical experiences led her to devote her life to helping the poor and the sick, travelling to evangelize, and reforming the Church by drawing people to God with their whole heart. She became involved in politics, serving in the court of the Pope, and was instrumental in restoring the Papacy to Rome from Avignon. Because of Catherine’s deep spirituality and the influence of her letters, writings, and prayers, she was declared a Doctor of the Church. St. Catherine of Siena is the patron of miscarriages, sexual temptations, and bodily illnesses. We ask St. Catherine to pray for healing for those families who have experienced the miscarriage of a child, those who are battling the sins of impurity, and anyone who has lost hope in Christ in their suffering.
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Holy Virgin, moved by the painful uncertainty we experience in seeking and acquiring the true and the good, we cast ourselves at thy feet and invoke thee under the sweet title of Mother of Good Counsel. We beseech thee: come to our aid at this moment in our worldly sojourn when the double darkness of error and of evil plot our ruin by leading minds and hearts astray.
Seat of Wisdom and Star of the Sea, enlighten the victims of doubt and of error so that they may not be seduced by evil masquerading as good; strengthen them against the hostile and corrupting forces of passion and of sin.
Mother of Good Counsel, obtain for us our most urgent need... (here mention your request) and secure for us from thy Divine Son the love of virtue and the strength to choose, in doubtful and difficult situations, the course agreeable to our salvation.
Supported by thy hand we shall thus journey without harm along the paths taught us by the word and example of Jesus our Savior, following the Sun of Truth and Justice in freedom and safety across the battlefield of life under the guidance of thy maternal Star, until we come at length to the harbor of salvation to enjoy with thee unalloyed and everlasting peace.
Amen. (Prayer to Mater boni consilii, composed by Pope Pius XII)
Saint Mark, a cousin of Barnabas accompanied Saint Paul on his first missionary journey and later went with him to Rome. He wrote one of the four Gospels and it is said to be the oldest and shortest. The Gospel of Mark emphasizes Jesus’s rejection by humanity while showing God’s triumphant glory. He is not one of the 12 apostles, just like Luke because we are not certain that he met Jesus personally. He was a disciple of Saint Peter whose teaching was the basis for Mark’s gospel. Mark is said to be the founder of the church of Alexandria and bishop of Alexandria, Egypt and Venice. The famous Piazza San Marco, claims Mark as its patron saint; the large basilica there is believed to have his remains.
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