Saint Gianna Beretta Molla's Feast Day is Saturday, April 28, and The Society of Saint Gianna Beretta will celebrate Saint Gianna's 15th Anniversary Canonization Mass on Thursday, May 16, this year. The celebration will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Nativity of Our Lord Parish Church located at 625 West Street Road, in Warminster, PA. We will have Saint Gianna's First-Class and Second-Class relics available for veneration by those in attendance, following mass, and we will have light refreshments and fellowship for all in the Parish Hall downstairs (exit the Church from the double doors located to the right of the altar as you face the altar). If you can make it, we hope to see there.
If you are reading Saint Gianna's nine-day Novena with us, today is the first day. We have included the Novena text below to help aid you in joining with the members of The Society of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla in obtaining grace through the intercession of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla.
May God Bless You and Your Family! The Society of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla - Board of Directors ==============================================================
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Novena
God, our Father, You have granted to Your Church the gift of Gianna Beretta Molla. In her youth, she lovingly sought You, and drew other young people to You, involving them, through apostolic witness and Catholic Action, in the care of the sick and aged, to help and comfort them.
We thank You for the gift of this young woman, so deeply committed to You. Through her example, grant us the grace to consecrate our lives to Your Service, for the joy of our brothers and sisters.
GLORY BE...
Jesus, Redeemer of mankind, You called Saint Gianna to exercise the medical profession as a mission for the comfort of bodies and souls. In her suffering fellow men and in the little ones, deprived of all support, she saw You.
We thank You for having revealed Yourself to this servant as "one who serves" and who soothes the sufferings of men. Treasuring her example, may we become generous Christians at the service of our brothers and sisters, especially those with whom You deign to share Your Cross.
GLORY BE...
God, Sanctifying Spirit, who loves the Church as Your Bride, You poured into the heart of Saint Gianna a share of Your Love so that she could radiate it in her family, and thus cooperate with You in the wonderful plan of creation, and give life to new children who could know and love You. We thank You for this model wife, and through her encouraging witness, we beg You to grant to our families serene and Christian presence of mothers committed to transform their homes into cenacles of faith and love, rich with generous activity and sanctifying service.
GLORY BE...
O God, Creator and lover of mankind, You were close to Saint Gianna when, affected by illness, she was in the painful dilemma of choosing between her own life and the life of the child whom she was carrying in herself, a gift long-awaited. Trusting You alone, and aware of Your Commandment to respect human life, Gianna found the courage to do her duty as a mother and to say "yes" to the new life of her baby, generously sacrificing her own. Through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Jesus, and after the example of Gianna, inspire all mothers to welcome with love the sparkle of new life. Grant us the grace we are praying for [your intercession............] and the joy to find an inspiration in Saint Gianna who, as a model spouse and mother, after the example of Christ, gave up her life for the life of others.
HAIL MARY...
SAINT GIANNA, PRAY FOR US!
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