Saints Michael, Gabriel, Raphael (September 29) & Feast of Guardian Angels (October 2)

Dear God,

Thank you for the Guardian Angels who help us to stay strong in even the hardest situations. Those without homes must be so strong to live like that especially through the winter. I pray that those who are homeless be given shelter, food, drink, and means of warmth. We pray to The Lord.

 

Sydney W.


 

Angels—messengers from God—appear frequently in Scripture, but only Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are named....Each of these archangels performs a different mission in Scripture: Michael protects; Gabriel announces; Raphael guides. ...Read here and for more here at EWTN.

Saint Theresa of Lisieux (October 1 )

Mother Teresa,

            I pray for the protection to those who are homeless. I ask that they may find shelter and comfort especially in these cold months. I pray for children who go to bed with hunger at night. I ask that generous hearts may find their way to these children. I pray to you, Mother Theresa, for you dedicated your life to those people most outcast by society, just like Jesus taught. Take these prayers to Jesus and ask Him to relieve their pain and suffering and teach us to appreciate all that we are blessed with each day. Amen.

                                    -Elizabeth H.

  

International Day of Peace (September 21) & Saint Francis of Assisi (October 8)

Saint Francis of Assisi was born in Assisi, Italy and died October 3, 1226. He devoted his life to God by giving up all of his riches to the poor and helping out in the Christian community. He shows that people should help others in need and put them before ourselves. He also shows that people can change from bad to good.  Amen

Calvin F.

                                                       

If people of all nations put the needs of others before their own as St. Francis did, we would inhabit a very peaceful world. Let us each do what we can as individuals to put more emphasis on the less fortunate and less on our own needs, particularly the self-serving practices that exacerbate war and violence, starting with the Prayer to Saint Francis.

 The International Day of Peace, (Not to be confused with World Day of Peace 1/1), observed annually on Sept. 21, is dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence. The day, first celebrated in 1982, is kept by many nations, political groups, military groups, and peoples. In 2013, for the first time, the Day was dedicated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to peace education, the key preventive means to reduce war sustainably.

To inaugurate the day, the United Nations Peace Bell is rung at UN Headquarters (NYC). The bell is cast from coins donated by children from all continents except Africa, and was a gift from the United Nations Association of Japan, as "a reminder of the human cost of war"; the inscription on its side reads, "Long live absolute world peace".  (Source: Wikipedia).