Saint Peregrine is the patron saint of people sick with cancer, he is asked by the sick, to alleviate their suffering and if it is possible for them to be cured of this terrible disease, here in this article we are going to tell you his story and How is your prayer performed?
Biography of Saint Peregrine
San Peregrino Laziosi was born in the city of Forli, Italy in the year 1265, he was the only son of a wealthy family, as a teenager he joined a group of enemies of the Pope of his city and became its leader. For this reason, Pope Martin IV placed this city under a spiritual interdict, closing the churches, so that the people would come to their senses. This interdict fails and Felipe Benicio, a monk of the Order of the Servants of Mary, is sent to the city to be the Pope's ambassador and achieve peace with the rebels.
This delegate did not receive him in a good way, and when he was speaking to a group of people, he was beaten, dragged through the streets and stoned, it was Peregrino who gave him a big blow to the face that threw him to the ground, he was filled with very remorseful, and throwing himself at the feet of the poor wounded man, asks his forgiveness, and he answered with a smile. He decides to be his personal defender and because of the priest's suggestions he began to pray in the church chapel.
It is said that when he was kneeling he was presented with a vision of the Holy Virgin with a black cloak in her hands, just like the one used by the servants of Mary, and she asked him to go to Siena where he would find men of faith and that he should join to them. At the age of 30 he joins the Order of the Servites who were in the city of Siena. As a priest he was very exemplary as he had a reputation as a good preacher and confessor.
His motto was that today was better than yesterday and that tomorrow would be better than today, and with each passing day he became a religious with more faith, always trying to get forgiveness for his sins, which is why he treated himself very rigorously. and he was quick to help the poor and sick. He himself imposed a special penance that consisted of standing all the time if it was not necessary to sit.
People began to call him the Angel of Good Advice, as he was always giving advice to people on how they should proceed. When he is ordained as a priest he founds the Monastery of the Servants of Mary in Forli. Over time his legs began to fill with varicose veins and he developed cancer in one foot, the night before the operation to amputate his leg, he began to pray until he fell asleep, he dreamed that Christ touched him and healed his foot, when he opened His eyes saw that it was full of bandages and when he woke up his leg was completely healed as well as his foot, so they were not amputated.
When the population of Forli learned of his miraculous healing, many appealed to his prayers when they became ill, every time someone went he whispered the word "Jesus" in their ear and they began to heal
On May 1, 1345, and his body has been preserved incorrupt in the Church of the Servants of Mary of Forlì. In 1726, Pope Benedict XIII canonized him, establishing his feast day for May 1. He is the patron saint of cancer patients, AIDS patients, those with open wounds that do not heal, and skin diseases.
Prayer to Saint Peregrine
This prayer is to pray to Saint Peregrine for the health of relatives and friends who have fallen ill with cancer, to give them relief in their pain and suffering, like any prayer it requires that the person have faith.
O Saint Peregrine! You who are great due to the large number of miracles attributed to you and that is why they call you the powerful and the one who works wonders. That with the miracles that you have achieved from God to all those who have requested your help before their needs, and that for years you suffered in your person a painful disease that destroyed your body.
That is why you gave yourself to God when people could no longer heal you, and because of your vision of Jesus coming down from the cross, you were blessed, so that you could heal afflictions, today we ask you to intercede before God so that he can heal (say the name of the person to be healed). And that with your help and your intercession we can sing to the Virgin and to God hymns of thanks for having been great in his goodness and mercy. Amen.
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