O glorious Saint Agatha, through\u00a0whose intercession in Christ I hope for the restored health of body and soul\u00a0<\/span>hasten to lead me to the true Good, God alone. By your intercession O blessed\u00a0<\/span>Agatha, may I ever enjoy your protection by faithfully witnessing to Christ.\u00a0<\/span>You invite all who come to you to enjoy the treasure of communion with the Holy\u00a0<\/span>Trinity. Moreover, if it be for God’s greater glory and the good of my person,\u00a0<\/span>please intercede for me with the request of [<\/span>mention request here<\/i>].<\/span><\/p>\n Saint\u00a0Agatha, you found favor with God by your chastity and by your courage in\u00a0<\/span>suffering death for the gospel. Teach me how to suffer with cheerfulness,\u00a0<\/span>uniting myself to Christ crucified with a simplicity and purity of heart. Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n Saint Agatha, eloquent witness of Jesus Christ as Savior, pray for us.<\/p>\n Saint\u00a0Agatha, the martyr who says to Jesus, “possess all that I am,” pray for us.<\/span><\/p>\n Saint\u00a0Agatha, concerned with the welfare of all God’s children, pray for us.<\/span><\/p>\n Saint\u00a0Agatha, pray for us.<\/span><\/p>\n The Church observes the liturgical memorial of Saint\u00a0<\/i>Agatha on February 5th each year by offering the Sacrifice of the Mass and the\u00a0<\/i>Divine Office with the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick for those living with\u00a0<\/i>diseases of the breast. The imprimatur for this prayer is given by Henry\u00a0<\/i>J. Mansell, Archbishop of Hartford, 2007. Copyright \u00a9 Paul A. Zalonski.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prayer to Saint Agatha O glorious Saint Agatha, through\u00a0whose intercession in Christ I hope for the restored health of body and soul\u00a0hasten to lead me to the true Good, God alone. By your intercession O blessed\u00a0Agatha, may I ever enjoy your protection by faithfully witnessing to Christ.\u00a0You invite all who come to you to enjoy … Continue reading Prayer to Saint Agatha<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2154,2300],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30414,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25308\/revisions\/30414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Agatha](\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Agatha%20card%20-%20front.jpg\")