I just realized that today is the feast of St. Charbel, a holy monk of the Maronite Church (one of the Eastern Catholic Churches–more on this in a future post, hopefully) in Lebanon. I always seem to be late with this!
Read about him here:
http://www.opuslibani.org.lb/egliseeng/002/echarbel.htm
A prayer:
Lord, infinitely Holy and Glorified in Your Saints,
You have inspired Charbel, the saint monk,
to lead the perfect life of a hermit.
We thank You for granting him the blessing
and the strength to detach himself from the world
so that the heroism of the monastic virtues of poverty,
obedience, and chastity,
could triumph in his hermitage.
We beseech You to grant us the grace of loving and serving You,
following his example.
Almighty God, Who has manifested
the power of St. Charbel’s intercession
through his countless miracles and favours,
grant us…
(State your intention(s) here…)
through his intercession.
Amen.