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Fr. John Paret & the Martyrs' Shrine

by Norm Léveillée

I recently learned, much to my chagrin, that Fr. John Paret, S.J., who is the Vice-Postulator for Kateri's Cause, is currently recuperating at the Murray-Weigel Hall in the Bronx, for sick and infirm Jesuits.

I recently spoke with him via the telephone. He asked me, and now I'm asking you, to pray for Fr. Paret.

If you wish to send him a "Get-Well" card:

Fr. John Paret, S.J.
Murray-Weigel Hall
515 E. Forham Road
Bronx, NY 10458

He asked me to continue praying for the canonization of our Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. I am sending you, our readers, this same request.

O God, who, among the many marvels of Your Grace in the New World, did cause to blossom on the banks of the Mohawk and of the St. Lawrence, the pure and tender Lily, Kateri Tekakwitha, grant we beseech You, the favor we beg through her intercession, that this Young Lover of Jesus and of His Cross may soon be counted among the Saints of Holy Mother Church, and that our hearts may be enkindled with a stronger desire to imitate her innocence and faith.
Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, pray for us.

Kateri is known as the Lily of the Mohawks. But I would also like to call her the Flower of the Algonquins since her mother Wahwahsekona - Fleur-de-la-Prairie or Prairie Flower - was a Christian Algonquin who greatly influenced her daughter, in Catholic Christianity, during the first five years of her existence.

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