St. Bernadette
Born:
January 7, 1844
Lourdes, France
Died:
April 16, 1879
Nevers, France
Honored In:
Catholic Church
Beatified:
June 14, 1925
Canonized:
December 8, 1933
Feast Day:
April 16
February 18 (In France)
Patron Saint of:
Bodily illness, Lourdes France, and
shepards
A Prayer to Saint Bernadette
St Bernadette, little shepherdess of Lourdes
Favored with eighteen
apparitions
Of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and with
The privilege of lovingly conversing with her,
Now that you are eternally enjoying
the
Entrancing beauty of the Immaculate Mother of God,
Do not forsake your devoted client,
Who am still in the valley of tears.
Intercede
for me that I too,
May walk the simple paths of faith.
Help me to imitate your example,
At our heavenly Queens request,
By saying the
Rosary daily
And by doing penance for sinners.
Teach me to imitate your wonderful devotedness to God
And Our Lady the Immaculate Conception
So
that like you, I may be blessed
With the grace of lasting faithfulness
And enjoy the happiness in heaven
Of the eternal vision of God
the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Prayer by St. Bernadette
in Times of Affliction
O my God, I beg You, by Your loneliness,
not that You may spare my affliction,
but that You may not abandon me in it.
When I encounter affliction, teach me
to see You in it as my sole Comforter.
Let affliction
strengthen my faith,
fortify my hope, and purify my love.
Grant me the grace to see
Your Hand in my affliction,
and to desire no other
comforter but You.
Amen.
