![]() Intercede for the grace that I need (mention here). Protect all nations against wars, hunger, and plagues. Protect all soldiers, military and police against every danger in their work. Help us to have faith during the pains of life, as you yourself who endured cruel martyrdom. Help us to have the love of neighbor that you had and to give our lives for our brothers and sisters, even in difficulties and dangers. Sebastian, you who had great courage, help us to be witnesses of Jesus before this unbelieving world, as you who have brought others to Christ. Shortly there-after, the plague ceased, and the bishop built a church dedicated to Saint Sebastian in thanksgiving for his intercession. Sebastian’s intercession after the city’s bishop constructed an altar in Sebastian’s honor as a last resort to stopping the plague known as the Black Death. Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance and cultural hub of Europe, relied on St. Because his intercession to God contributed to the cure of the Roman prefect, Sebastian became widely associated with the cure of plagues. He converted to Christianity after seeing the bravery of Christian martyrs and eventually compelled close companions to convert, including a Roman prefect who was cured of a plague when he renounced his pagan idols. Can’t make it to Holy Mass EWTN offers the daily readings to enable viewers to accompany the Mass of the day as it is televised. In 1414, the plague having broken out in that city, the Fathers of the Council ordered public prayers and processions in honor of St. He was accordingly given a public funeral, and numerous miracles attested to his sanctity. The miraculous cross on his breast as well as a document found in his possession now served for his identification. Arriving at Montpellier and refusing to disclose his identity, he was taken for a spy in the disguise of a pilgrim, and cast into prison by order of the governor-his own uncle, some writers say-where five years later he died. After his recovery Roch returned to France. ![]() ![]() He withdrew to a hut in the neighboring forest. At Piacenza, he himself was stricken with the plague. Everywhere, the terrible scourge disappeared before his miraculous power. 17-19 Book of the Gospels, 197 daily broadcasts on EWTN, 6 exclusion of. He next visited Cesena and other neighboring cities and then Rome. 6364 Bible readings, 67-69 Penitential Rite / Confiteor, 65-66 Kyrie. old, he distributed his fortune among the poor, handed over to his uncle the government of Montpellier, and in the disguise of a mendicant pilgrim, set out for Italy, but stopped at Aguapendente, which was stricken by the plague, and devoted himself to the plague-stricken, curing them with the sign of the Cross. Deprived of his parents when about 20 yrs. Roch is said to have been found miraculously marked on the breast with a red cross. SEBASTIAN - PATRON SAINTS OF PLAGUES SAINT ROCHīorn at Montpellier around 1295 died 1327.
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