Cor mundum crea in me,
Deus.
Create a clean heart
in me, O God. - Psalm 51:10
COMMUNION Antiphon
(Today's Liturgy)
The Lamb who is at the center of the
throne
will lead them to the springs of the
waters of life. - Rev 7:17
PRAYER after
COMMUNION (Today's
Liturgy)
O God, who bestowed on blessed Saint
Maria Goretti
a crown among the Saints for her twofold
triumph
of virginity and martyrdom, grant, we
pray,
through the power of
this Sacrament, that,
bravely overcoming every evil, we may
attain
the glory of heaven.
Through Christ our Lord.
St Maria
Goretti
Italy ~ 1890
-1902
Martyr at age
12 in defense of her virginity
Patron of
Youth and Victims of Rape
FEAST DAY -
July 6
"Even if she had not been a martyr,
she would still have been a saint,
so holy was her everyday life."
~ Cardinal
Salotti
St Maria Goretti, pray for
us!
"Parents can learn from her story how to raise their God-given
children in virtue, courage and holiness; they can learn to
train
them in the Catholic faith so that, when put to the test,
God's grace will support them and they will come through
undefeated, unscathed and untarnished."
~ Pope Pius
XII: homily, canonization Mass - St Maria Goretti
(1950)
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