What's a patron saint Cloë?
Well Tallulah, a patron saint is a saint to whom God has been given a special group of people to help. So priests have St. John Vianney as their special saint in Heaven who really understands what they are going through, good and bad, and will talk to God for them. Click here to discover your own patron saint.
So getting back to St. John Vianney, he was born and raised in France. He really wanted to be a priest but he was not the best in school. He was eventually ordained because of his goodness. As a priest he spent a lot of time hearing peoples' confessions.
Go to catholic.org for more Saints Fun Facts!
I have a good idea Cloë, maybe people could send their priest a card this week telling him how much they appreciate what he does. Click here for some ideas.
Finally, we found a special prayer you can say for your priest.
Lord Jesus,
we often ask your priests to pray for us:
our intentions, our needs, our problems.
This time, I want to reverse the order and pray for your priests, your servants,
and in particular I wish to pray for Father (your priest's name):
give him your Spirit's blessing,
let him radiate in our milieu,
may he be a spiritual guide for us,
support him in his ministry,
nourish his spiritual life.
Thank you for giving him to us as a priest.
I pray you, risen Lord,
you who are our Eternal High Priest
and sit at the right hand of the Father.
Amen.
We've met lots of priests Cloë so it might take some time to get them all into this prayer. But we especially want to pray for our "uncle" who is a priest: Father Timothy Walsh, LC.
Guess what Tallulah, he is coming to visit us today and we'll get to spend the whole week with him!!
Yeah Cloë, I especially love his black suit it looks so nice when it is full of dog hair- hee!hee!hee!
Woof!
Cloë and Tallulah
P.S. Parents if you want to teach your kids more about St. John Vianney you can click here for some great info and activities.
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