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2 %u00bd\%u201cThe World%u2019s Best%u201d Religious Art with Full Color Prayers. Sold in 25 Per Pack.264 To order: Call 1-888-WHIRTEN (1-888-944-7836) %u2022 E-mail at: sales@wjhirten.comE24-417Prayer for Saint Bridget of SwedenO God, who guided Saint Bridget of Swedenalong different paths of lifeand wondrously taught her the wisdom of the Crossas she contemplated the Passion of Your Son,grant us, we pray,that, walking worthily in Your vocation,we may seek You in all things.Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,God, for ever and ever.AmenE24-417Saint Bridget of SwedenE24-411 Prayer to St. BrigidBrigid,You were a woman of peace.You brought harmony where there was conflict.You brought light to the darkness.You brought hope to the downcast.May the mantle of your peace cover those who are troubled and anxious, and may peace be firmly rooted in our hearts and in our world.Inspire us to act justly and to reverence all God has made.Brigid, you were a voice for the wounded and the weary.Strengthen what is weak within us.Calm us into a quietness that heals and listens.May we grow each day into greater wholeness in mind, body and spirit.Amen.E24-411St. BrigidE24-413St. BrendanPrayer to Saint BlaiseO glorious Saint Blaise, who by thy martyrdom didst leave to the Churcha precious witness to the faith, obtain for us the grace to preserve within ourselves this divine gift, and to defend, without human respect, both by word and example, the truth of that same faith, which is so wickedly attacked and slandered in these our times. Thou who didst miraculously restore a little child when it was at the point of death by reason of an affliction of the throat, grant us thy mighty protection in like misfortunes; and, above all, obtain for us the grace of Christian mortification together with a faithful observance of the precepts of the Church, which may keep us from offending Almighty God. Amen. E24-412E24-412St. BlaiseE24-965St. BernardE24-410St. BernadetteE24-646St. BenedictE24-645St. Benedict - God Our FatherPrayer to Saint Bartholomew the ApostleO Glorious Saint Bartholomew, Jesus called you a person without guile and you saw in this word a sign that he was the Son of Godand King of Israel. Obtain for us the grace to be ever guileless and innocent as doves.At the same time, help us to have your gift of faith to see the Divine hand in the events of daily life. May we discern the signs of the times that lead to Jesuson earth and will eventually unite us to him forever in heaven. Amen. E24-409E24-409St. BartholomewE24-408St. BarbaraPrayer to Saint AugustineBeloved Saint of our age,you were at first whollyhuman-centered and attachedto false teachings.Finally converted throughGod%u2019s grace, you became a prayingtheologian God-centered,God-loving, and God-preaching.Help theologians in their study ofrevealed truth. Let them alwaysfollow the Church Magisteriumas they strive to communicatetraditional teachings in a newform that will appealto our contemporaries.Amen.E24-406E24-406St. AugustinePrayer to St. Apollonia O glorious Apollonia, patron saint of dentistry and refuge to all those suffering from diseases of the teeth, I consecrate myself to you, asking you to count me among your clients. Assist me by your intercession with Christ in my daily work and intercede with Him to obtain for me a devout life. Pray that my heart like yours may be inflamed with the love of Jesus and Mary, through Christ our Lord.Amen. O my God, bring me safely through temptation and strengthen me as You did our patron Apollonia, through Christ our Lord. Amen.E24-407E24-407St. Apollonia