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| Statue of St. John Eudes in Casa de Formacion La Mision in Quito, Ecuador |
(A prayer adapted
from the composition of Edwina S. Meily. The original was in Filipino which she also translated to English.)
Our dear St. John
Eudes, you who possess a pure love for the most Holy Heart of Jesus
and Mary; you who have
established congregations, followers along the road leading to the
One Heart, journey with us in
our suffering and crippling fear as we face the daily challenges of
this life.
At the time of the
Great Plague in Eurasia, when hundreds around you were dying,you were
saved by God because of your obedient, loving and servant heart, so
that you may live to serve the weak and the sick, and to bring to
them the fullness of God’s Love – the Holy Eucharist – while
they were pushed to the edges of society that was forced to abandon
them to the throes of death.
We beg you, dear St.
John Eudes to pray for us that through the Most Pure Heart of Jesus
and Mary, we, together with
our families and neighbors, here and around the world may be spared
from the scourge of this COVID-19 pandemic. With you we pray,
“take away everything in us that does not belong to God!”
We fully trust in
the Power of our compassionate and merciful God who never cease to
care for his people.
Amen.
