NC - Winter 2021

Prayers
PRAYER THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF BLESSED
MARY OF JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD
O most blessed Trinity, we praise and thank you
for the example your servant, Blessed Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd,
has given us by imitating the life and virtues of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
Grant us the grace we ask through her intercession for your greater glory,
for the sanctification of souls and for the extension of your Kingdom on earth.
Amen.
PRAYER THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF
THE NOWOGRÓDEK MARTYRS
O most blessed Trinity, we praise and thank you for the example of
Blessed Mary Stella and Her Ten Companions,
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth,
who by imitating Jesus Christ, offered themselves as a sacrifice of love.
God of mercy and compassion,
through the merits of their martyrdom and by their intercession, grant us the
grace we humbly ask… (insert intention here)…
so that like them, we may witness with our lives
to the presence of the Kingdom of God’s love
and extend it to the human family throughout the world.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Blessed Martyred Sisters of Nowogródek, pray for us.
PRAYER THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF SERVANT
OF GOD, SR. MALGORZATA BANAS
God of Mercy,
Your Son Jesus Christ lovingly fulfilled your will
and his death became the source of new life for the Church.
Malgorzata Banas, a Nazareth sister of Nowogródek,
in the following of Jesus, accepted the challenges of her life
and transformed them into a way of dedicated ministry to the Church.
Grant that this faithful servant be counted among the blessed.
May her witness of deep faith, courage and love of neighbor
help us to remain faithful to Jesus and his Church.
Grant our petitions through her intercession.
We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Sr. Frances Smalkowski sitting at the
dinner table with her parents and her
brother Joey.
Mother Foundress, Blessed Mary
of Jesus the Good Shepherd,
Chicago-1889
Nowogródek Martyrs
Sr. Malgorzata Banas
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