In St. Mary's Church, Maguiresbridge, each Tuesday evening at 7.00pm we pray a special mass for all the sick, and in particular those who are suffering from cancer.

 

We pray the mass through the intercession of St. Peregrine.

 

If you wish to have a loved one included in our Novena Mass each Tuesday evening, just drop me an e-mail at jimmymcp1@gmail.com , or telephone me on 028 677 21342.

 

A Prayer to St. Peregrine for Sick Relatives and Friends

 

O great St. Peregrine, you have been called “The Mighty”, “The Wonder Worker” because of the numerous miracles which you obtained from God for those who have turned to you in their need.

 

For so many years, you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fiber of our being.

 

You turned to God when the power of human beings could do no more, and you were favoured with the vision of Jesus coming down from His cross to heal your affliction. I now ask God to heal these sick persons whom I entrust to you: (here mention their names)

 

Aided by your powerful intercession, I shall sing with Mary a hymn of gratitude to God for His great goodness and mercy.

 

Amen.

A Prayer to St. Peregrine for One Suffering from Cancer

 

Dear St. Peregrine, I need your help. I feel so uncertain of my life right now.

 

This serious illness makes me long for a sign of God’s love.

 

Help me to imitate your enduring faith when you faced the ugliness of cancer and surgery.

 

Allow me to trust the Lord the way you did in this moment of distress.

 

I want to be cured, but right now I ask God for the strength to bear the cross in my life.

 

I seek the power to proclaim God’s presence in my life despite the hardship, anguish and fear I now experience.

 

O Glorious St. Peregrine, be an inspiration to me and petitioner of those needed graces from our loving Father.

 

Amen.

 

Cancer is limited…

 

It cannot cripple love,

 

It cannot shatter hope,

 

It cannot corrode faith,

 

It cannot eat away peace,

 

It cannot destroy confidence,

 

It cannot shut out memories

 

It cannot silence courage,

 

It cannot invade the soul,

 

It cannot reduce eternal life,

 

It cannot quench the spirit,

 

It cannot lessen the power

 

of the Resurrection.