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Martyrs' Shrine
Midland, Ontario
Canada L4R 4K5


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St. John de Brébeuf
St. Isaac Jogues
St. Gabriel Lalemant
St. Anthony Daniel
St. Charles Garnier
St. Noël Chabanel
St. René Goupil
St. John de la Lande

"Canadian Martyrs"[North American Martyrs]



NOVENA TO THE CANADIAN MARTYRS


PRAYER TO THE MARTYRS

Holy Martyrs and patrons, protect this land which you have blessed by the shedding of your blood. Renew in these days our Catholic faith which you helped to establish in this new land. Bring all our fellow citizens to a knowledge and love of the truth. Make us zealous in the profession of our faith so that we may continue and perfect the work which you have begun with so much labour and suffering. Pray for our homes, our schools, our missions, for vocations, for the conversion of sinners, the return of those who have wandered from the fold, and the perseverance of all the Faithful. And foster a deeper and increasing unity among all Christians. Amen.


PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH

(Patron of the Martyrs and of Canada)

O God, who in your special Providence deigned to choose blessed Joseph to be the spouse of your holy Mother, grant, we beseech you, that we may deserve to have him as our intercessor in heaven whom we venerate on earth as our protector; You who live and reign world without end. Amen.


PRAYER TO OUR LADY

Glorious Queen of Martyrs, to whom the early missionaries of this country were so devoted and from whom they received so many favours, graciously listen to my petition. Ask your Divine Son to remember all they did for his glory. Remind him that they preached the Gospel and made his holy name known to thousands who had never heard of him, and then for him had their apostolic labors crowned by shedding their blood. Exercise your motherly influence as you did at Cana, and implore him to grant me what I ask in this novena, if it be according to his holy will. Amen.


NOVENA PRAYER

O God, who by the preaching and the blood of your blessed Martyrs, John and Isaac and their companions, consecrated the first fruits of the faith in the vast regions of North America, graciously grant that by their intercession the flourishing harvest of Christians may be everywhere and always increased. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.


PRAYER OF PETITION

O God, who inflamed the hearts of your blessed Martyrs with an admirable zeal for the salvation of souls, grant me, I beseech you, my petitions and all the requests recommended here today, so that the favours obtained through their intercession may make manifest before men the power and the glory of your name. Amen.

St. John de Brébeuf, pray for us.
St. Isaac Jogues, pray for us.
St. Gabriel Lalemant, pray for us.
St. Anthony Daniel, pray for us
St. Charles Garnier, pray for us.
St. Noël Chabanel, pray for us.
St. René Goupil, pray for us.
St. John de la Lande, pray for us.
Holy Mary, Queen of Martyrs, pray for us.


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1 posted on 10/19/2002 6:25:37 PM PDT by Lady In Blue
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To: *Catholic_list; father_elijah; Salvation; nickcarraway; NYer; JMJ333; Siobhan
North American Martyrs please pray for us!
2 posted on 10/19/2002 6:33:01 PM PDT by Lady In Blue
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To: Lady In Blue
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4 posted on 10/20/2002 12:41:58 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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From the spiritual diaries by Saint John de Brebeuf, priest and martyr(Divine Liturgy-Oct.19th)


May I die only for you, Jesus,who willingly died for me

For two days now I have experienced a great desire to be a martyr and to endure all the torments the martyrs suffered.

Jesus, my Lord and Savior, what can I give you in return for all the favors you have first conferred on me? I will take from your hand the cup of your sufferings and call on your name.I vow before your eternal Father and the Holy Spirit, before your most holy Mother and her most chaste spouse before the angels, apostles and martyrs, before my blessed fathers Saint Ignatius and Saint Francis Xavier-in truth I vow to you, Jesus my Savior,that as far as I have the strength I will never fail to accept the grace of martyrdom, if some day you in your infinite mercy should offer it to me, your most unworthy servant.

I bind myself in this way so that for the rest of my life I will have neither permission nor freedom to refuse opportunities of dying and shedding my blood for you, unless at a marticular juncture.I should consider it more suitable for your glory to act otherwise at that time. Further, I bind myself to this so that, on receiving the blow of death, I shall accept it from your hands with the fullest delight and joy of spirit. For this reason, my beloved Jesus, and because of the surging joy which moves me, here and how I offer my blood and body and life. May I die only for you, if you will grant me this grace,since you willingly died for me. Let me so live that you may grant me the gift of such a happy death. In this way, my God and Savior,I will takefrom your hand the cup of your sufferings and call on your name:Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!

My God, it grieves me greatly that you are not known,that in this savage wilderness all have not been converted to you, that sin has not been driven from it. My God, even if all the brutal tortures which prisoners in this region must endure should fall on me, I offer myself most willingly to them and I alone shall suffer them all.

7 posted on 10/20/2002 5:36:00 PM PDT by Lady In Blue
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To: Lady In Blue
BTTT on 10-19-03!

American as well as Catholic heroes!

12 posted on 10/19/2003 1:23:06 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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