Saint Peregrine
B
orn 1265, Died 1345, Beatified 1609, Canonized 1726His miraculous powers against sickness of body or soul, the number of sudden
cancer cures through his intercessions, and his own instantaneous cure of terminal cancer,
have won for st. peregrine the title of patron for cancer victims.
this is a special devotion observed at
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ld mission san juan capistrano.
Prayer to St. Peregrine
Dear St. Peregrine, I need your help. I feel so uncertain of my life right now. This serious illness makes me long for a sign of God's love. Help me to imitate your enduring faith when you faced the ugliness of cancer and surgery. Allow me to trust the Lord the way you did in the moment of distress. I want to be cured, but right now I ask God for the strength to bear this cross in my life. I seek the power to proclaim God's presence in my life despite the hardship, anguish, and fear I now experience.
O Glorious St. Peregrine, be an inspiration to me as petitioner of these needed graces from our loving Father.
O God, who gave to St. Peregrine an Angel for his companion, the Mother of God for his teacher, and Jesus for his Physician of his malady; grant, we pray that through his merits, we may on earth intensely love our Holy Angel, the Blessed Virgin, and our Savior, and in heaven bless them forever. Grant that we may receive the favor for which we now petition…………
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen