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Pray for the Miners of West Virginia

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Lord Jesus, through the intrercession of your saints, Barbara, Kinga, and Clement, we pray that those in peril be brought safely home.  Amen

The following prayer specifically implores the help of St. Barbara:

Saint Barbara, thou noble bride,
To thee my body I confide
As well in life as at life’s end.
Come, aid me when I breathe my last,
That I may, ere here all is past,
Receive the Blessed Sacrament!

The founder of the PNCC, Bishop Francis Hodur worked chiefly among the coal miners of Pennsylvania and shared in their struggle to ensure safety, fair wages, and good working and living conditions.

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January 3 – St. Genevieve (Św. Genowefa)

Wszechmogący Boże, za wstawiennictwem służebnicy Twej św. Genowefy, racz nam dać serce czyste, przejęte gorącą wiarą abyśmy tylko Tobie służyli, przez wzgląd na ludzi, ich szyderstwa i oszczerstwa nie zboczyli z drogi cnoty, lecz abyśmy wytrwał w pełnieniu Twych świętych przykazań do końca swego żywota. Amen.

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The Lives of the Saints – Żywoty Świętych

I have a rather old book in my possession that belonged to my grandparents.  It is the Lives of the Saints in the Polish language with a special emphasis on the blesseds and venerables of Polish heritage.

The book is entirely in Polish and was published in 1904 in Warsaw, Winterberg, and New York by the firm of J. Steinbrenner, Catholic Book Publishers.  Its author is Father J.A. فukaszkiewicz under the authority of Bishop Martin Joseph Riha, Bishop of Budwies in the Czech Republic (Bohemia at the time).

I plan to republish the daily prayers contained in this book throughout the year.

As a start the book contains an inside plate of Mary and the child Jesus surrounded by the saints.  Below them is a Romanesque church with Polish nobility and peasants kneeling in adoration.

The picture is inscribed “Królowo nasza, módl się za nami!”  “Our Queen, pray for us!”

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Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs

From the Episcopal Collect for today:

We remember today, O God, the slaughter of the holy innocents of Bethlehem by King Herod. Receive, we pray, into the arms of your mercy all innocent victims; and by your great might frustrate the designs of evil tyrants and establish your rule of justice, love, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Pray for all those innocents who are killed each day, in family and community violence, in war, and in abortion clinics.

By Your coming among us, Lord, save your people