I was reminiscing last night with my friend who is like my adoptive mom. Her mother, Katie or as we called her Grandma, had given me a prayer card she got from a visit to St. Vincent Hospital during one of her cancer treatments. She thought I would need it some day and when I took it, I noticed that it was Saint Marguerite and told her that was my middle name, how odd was that? She got such a tickle from that, what odd luck!!
On the back of the card was this prayer.
St. Marguerite d'Youville,
During your lifetime, you opened your heart and home
to every type of human misery.
Listen now to my prayer of petition.
I count on you to plead with the God of Love
to grant the favor I seek with confidence and trust.
Gift us as you were gifted; with ever deepening faith,
with firm hope and trust.
Let my life be for all a service of love.
Mother of Universal Charity,
your love for the poor made the impossible possible.
Please make haste to help me.
Amen.
During your lifetime, you opened your heart and home
to every type of human misery.
Listen now to my prayer of petition.
I count on you to plead with the God of Love
to grant the favor I seek with confidence and trust.
Gift us as you were gifted; with ever deepening faith,
with firm hope and trust.
Let my life be for all a service of love.
Mother of Universal Charity,
your love for the poor made the impossible possible.
Please make haste to help me.
Amen.
This little card performed what I call miracles. I used it to pray when my boyfriend-at-the-time's father was dying. I was never a praying or religious type person back then, so it was very weird to pray and do it in front of people. I prayed to his dad that he go be in peace and there would be no more suffering for him. He expired very shortly after I did that.
The second miracle was when Grandma's great grandson was born at 1 lb. 1 oz., gravely premature. I brought in the card from home and gave it to my friend/sister Jamie. They placed it above her head and when little SaBastien was born, they kept it in the NICU with him. I prayed with Jamie using that card again and I truly believe it saved his life. I allowed the card to stay with the baby and thought he should have it for the rest of his life.
While I was at the hospital tho (The same one, St. V's) I did acquire another Saint Marguerite card. I have kept it with me over the years and when my days were darkest, pulled it out and prayed with it. Most times when I did that, I had a peaceful calmness fall over me and everything always ended up working out for me.
It has been many years since I have seen the card, I still have it somewhere in my junk though. But I happen to find the same image and prayer online. So today, I am writing a blog about it. I want to keep my miracles alive and remember them.
I truly believe that my God, my higher power, has a purpose and reason behind every single thing in my life, and every single experience. Therefore, being as I am in dire straights once again and am feeling the heaviness of life on my shoulders, I want to take this opportunity to not only pray to Saint Marguerite, but to document it and declare my spiritual faith. I do not claim to be Christian or of any other organized affiliation of religion. I just believe in my own God as my higher power.
So please Saint Marguerite, I pray to you that you see I have patience when it comes to the struggles in my life. I pray for mine and my son's safety and sanity. I pray that I get a good job very soon and will be able to continue to stay in my house and pay my bills with ease. I pray that I find that real true love in my life, one without drama, chaos and is filled with love and respect. I pray for my friends and family, that they struggle a little less every day and have their own needs fulfilled. I pray that I can see my sister again and have her in my life on a regular basis, as she is beyond worth it! I pray that I can continue to tell my stories and have them enlighten others and give them hope for their own lives. I pray that I am able to continue to help others, as I have received so much love and support myself from them. I pray for my health, that it becomes a non-issue in my life and that I may have many years pain-free and productive. And finally, I pray to you Saint Marguerite for thanks for all you have ever done for anyone in their lifetime on this planet.
Blessings and Namaste
