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The Good Saint Anne |
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Good Saint Anne is especially invoked as Patroness of
Mothers, Comfortress of the Sorrowing, Mother of the
Poor, Health of the Sick, Patroness of the Childless,
Help of the Pregnant, Model of Married Women and
Mothers, Protectress of Widows and Patroness of
Laborers.
Simplicity is the secret by which we gain
Good St. Anne's love, her intercession, and her
protection. So widespread is her popularity that there
are countless churches dedicated to Saint Anne all over
the world.
History:
All we know of the live of Good Saint Anne and her
husband Joachim came from literature called The
Proto-Gospel of James, the earliest form of which were
thought to have been written in 150 AD, and considered
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Tradition also has it after her death Good Saint Anne’s
body was brought from the Holy Land to Constantinople
and was kept there in the church of St. Sophia.
One tradition also
says that the body of Good Saint Anne was brought to
Apt in southern France by St. Lazarus, the friend of
Christ, was hidden by St. Auspicius (d. 398), and
found again during the reign of Charlemagne. Another
tradition recalls Saint Mary Magdalene and her
companions bringing the body of St. Anne to France
50 years after her death.
Needless to say
these traditions are fraught with uncertainty. But one thing for
certain, Good Saint Anne has proved herself a
heavenly helper in every need.
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Novena In Honor of the Good Saint Anne
(Feast – July 26)
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GLORIOUS SAINT ANNE,
Filled with compassion
For those who invoke you
And with love for those who suffer,
Heavily laden with the weight of my troubles,
I cast myself at your feet
And humbly beg you
To take the present affair
Which I commend to you
Under your special protection.
(Mention the request.)
Deign to commend it to your daughter,
The Blessed Virgin Mary,
And lay it before the throne of Jesus,
So that He may bring it to a happy issue. |
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Cease not to
intercede for me
until my request is granted.
Above all,
Obtain for me the grace
Of one day beholding my God
Face to face,
And with you and Mary
And all the saints,
Praising and blessing Him
for all eternity.
Pray for us, St. Anne.
That we may be made worthy
Of the promises of Christ. |
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Let Us Pray
O Almighty and eternal God,
Who chose St. Anne
To bring into the world
The Mother of Your only Son,
Mercifully grant to us,
We beseech You,
Who devoutly honor her memory,
Grace to obtain through her merits,
The blessings of eternal life.
Who lives and reigns
The world without end.
Amen. |
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Good St. Anne,
Mother of her who is our life,
Our sweetness and our hope,
Pray for me. Amen.
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be... |
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For more, please
read |
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Good St. Anne (Paperback)
Tan Books & Publishers (January 1999) |
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Saint of the Day: Lives, Lessons, and Feasts
(Paperback)
by Leonard Foley (Editor), Pat McCloskey (Editor) |
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availability of
atypical art works. Entries are
generally based on the 1926-38 edition
of Butler's Lives of the Saints, with
the length of each entry varying from
one-half page to several pages. Short
entries giving written insight into the
lives of pious individuals are combined
with depictions rendered by artists such
as Raphael and El Greco. An inexpensive
tribute to art and faith more
appropriate for gift-giving than for
libraries. |
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