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Sunday, January 2, 2022

January 3rd Feast Day Greetings!

 


On this feast of your Patron, Genevieve of Paris, your family, friends and Cluny Sisters send special feast day greetings.  May you shepherd the flock entrusted to you as St. Genevieve, the shepherdess did.  Let this day of celebration fill your life with all good gifts of God, especially love, joy, peace  and zeal for God’s mission.  We give thanks for your service as Provincial of the Province of the U.S.A. & CANADA.  

Happy Feast Day, Sister Genevieve!

Litany to Saint Genevieve

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

St. Genevieve, who since childhood was filled with God’s grace...                   Response:  pray for us.
St. Genevieve, consecrated to Christ by St. Germane...
St. Genevieve, obedient to the Holy Spirit...
St. Genevieve, zealous defender of the faith...
St. Genevieve, heroically devoted to the Church...
St. Genevieve, whose life is an example how we should live for God...
St. Genevieve, intercessor of the clergy...
St. Genevieve, who suffered for your vocation...
St. Genevieve, who knew about hostility and abandonment...
St. Genevieve, who spent hours in prayer...
St. Genevieve, whose fasts and prayers saved the city...
St. Genevieve, whose prudence guided the leaders...
St. Genevieve, whose strength stood up against the evil doers...
St. Genevieve, who miraculously nourished the hungry...
St. Genevieve, who reconciled sinners with God...
St. Genevieve, who brought back to the Church the lost ones...
St. Genevieve, who cured the sick...
St. Genevieve, who controlled the floods...
St. Genevieve, who restored peace between enemies...
St. Genevieve, who softened the fate of the prisoners...
St. Genevieve, who drove out demons...
St. Genevieve, protector of your devoted people...

Give us, Lord, the spirit of intelligence and love of which you filled your daughter, Genevieve, so that attentive to your service and seeking to do your will, we can please you by our faith and our deeds. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

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