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Tag: St Bridget of Ireland
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St Bridget of Ireland
Obtain for us the grace to walk faithfully in the path of Christian perfection during life, and so to secure a holy and happy death, with life everlasting, in your blessed company, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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Bridget of Ireland
St Bridget, Brigid or Briege (ca 451 – 525), St Patrick and St Columba are Ireland’s best-known Saints. She is often referred to as St Bridget of Kildare. As with many early Church Saints, written records about her life are scarce and incomplete. St Bridget’s mother was a Christian slave named Brocca and her father, Dubthach, a…
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Bridget of Ireland
Petition prayers to St Brigid: Christian Perfection, Our Guide, Our Joy and Shield, Brilliant Star and Litany to St Brigid. – Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Eternal Father: Have mercy on us. Divine Son: Have mercy on us. Holy Spirit: Have mercy on us.
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10th February: St Scholastica
Featured Saint: St Scholastica (ca 480-542) St Scholastica was born into a wealthy family in Nursia, Italy. Both Scholastica and her twin brother Benedict, entered monasteries and formed their own communities, sited about five miles apart. They regularly visited each other as brother and sister for spiritual enrichment, meeting away from their monasteries so they didn’t…