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St. Gerard Majella's patronage of pregnant mothers and children is rooted in a powerful miracle and his life of profound compassion. The pivotal event was the "Handkerchief Miracle," where a woman facing a perilous childbirth was saved through St. Gerard's intercession after using a handkerchief he had given her, foretelling its future need. Coupled with his reputation for charity and deep empathy, particularly towards the vulnerable, this miracle solidified his connection to safe childbirth. As stories of his holiness and miraculous interventions spread, popular devotion grew, leading to his widespread recognition as a powerful intercessor for mothers and children in need.
St. Gerard Majella's patronage of pregnant mothers and children is rooted in a powerful miracle and his life of profound compassion. The pivotal event was the "Handkerchief Miracle," where a woman facing a perilous childbirth was saved through St. Gerard's intercession after using a handkerchief he had given her, foretelling its future need. Coupled with his reputation for charity and deep empathy, particularly towards the vulnerable, this miracle solidified his connection to safe childbirth. As stories of his holiness and miraculous interventions spread, popular devotion grew, leading to his widespread recognition as a powerful intercessor for mothers and children in need.
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Litany to St. Gerard
Litany to St. Gerard
St. Gerard, child of God and special friend of Jesus, pray for us.
St. Gerard, living image of the crucified Christ, pray for us.
St. Gerard, lover of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, pray for us.
St. Gerard, devoted to Mary, our Blessed Mother, pray for us.
St. Gerard, endowed with extraordinary graces from early childhood, pray for us.
St. Gerard, worker of wondrous miracles, pray for us.
St. Gerard, humble and obedient servant of God, pray for us.
St. Gerard, desiring only to please God in all things and at all times, pray for us.
St. Gerard, seeker of God’s holy will and loving plan in all things, pray for us.
St. Gerard, great lover of prayer and work, pray for us.
St. Gerard, admirable model of heroic obedience, pray for us.
St. Gerard, truly wise and humble with childlike simplicity, pray for us.
St. Gerard, patron of a good confession, pray for us.
St. Gerard, silent victim of embarrassing lies, pray for us.
St. Gerard, supernaturally enlightened spiritual guide, pray for us.
St. Gerard, wise counselor in vocational discernment, pray for us.
St. Gerard, faithful and faith-filled Redemptorist missionary brother, pray for us.
St. Gerard, trusted friend of all mothers, pray for us.
St. Gerard, intercessor for all women who seek motherhood, pray for us.
St. Gerard, intercessor for couples who are finding it difficult to conceive, pray for us.
St. Gerard, consoler of those unable to conceive, pray for us.
St. Gerard, intercessor for women with difficult or risky pregnancies, pray for us.
St. Gerard, patron of safe deliveries, pray for us.
St. Gerard patron of first time, single and teenage mothers, pray for us.
St. Gerard patron of stepmothers and foster mothers, pray for us.
St. Gerard patron of birth mothers and adoptive mothers, pray for us.
St. Gerard patron of mothers of children with special needs, pray for us.
St. Gerard, protector of mothers and children who are immigrants, refugees and migrants, pray for us.
St. Gerard, intercessor for mothers who also work outside the home, pray for us.
St. Gerard, most kind friend of the poor and homeless, marginalized and excluded, pray for us.
St. Gerard, protector of all girls and women, victims of all types of abuse, pray for us.
St. Gerard, protector of children who are sick, pray for us.
Pray for us O holy St. Gerard, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray:
O God—Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier—you drew St. Gerard to yourself from his earliest days, conforming him to the image of your crucified Son, may we, by following his example, be transformed into the same image, through the name and the power of Jesus, the Christ, who is our Lord forever and ever.
Amen.
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