St. Louis, King of France, patron of Tertiaries, was the ninth of his name. He was born at Poissy, France, in 1214. His father was Louis VIII, and his mother was Blanche, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castille, surnamed the Conqueror. At the age of twelve he lost his father, and his mother became regent of the kingdom. From his tenderest infancy she had inspired him with a love for holy things.
In 1234, he married Margaret, the virtuous daughter of Raymond Berenger, Count of Provence, and two years later he took the reigns of government into his own hands. In 1238, he headed a crusade, in which he fell a prisoner among the Mohammedans, but a truce was concluded and he was set free and he returned to France. In 1267, he again set out for the East at the head of a crusade but he never again beheld his native land. In 1270, he was stricken by the pestilence at the siege of Tunis, and after receiving the Last Sacraments, he died. His feast day is August 25th.
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St. Louis, pray for our parish and our elementary school that we may finds the means to continue the work of the Gospel in our rural community. Pray for the souls of the faithly departed and that all my find peace in His presence.
Hopeful and Faithful | 2/11/2009
David DiDonto -- such a "link" is called, "prayer," for which one need no computer, only some good intention and some verbiage, or wordless ecstasy and light of Lamb.
J Christian | 8/26/2008
Saint Louis de la France, pray for us all; pray for my nephew and my niece to be -- that they may bliss eternally; pray for all of France and this whirled world that spins anon its sapphire crystalline path twixt errant Venus and mighty Mars round Christ's own Sun, in verdancy and space all one; pray Yahweh give us his Pleasant Gaze as we his sheep do safely graze; pray shepherds laugh and dogs be quiet, that wolves lope off and cause no riot; pray gentle rains make flowers bloom and Saints rest quiet in Heaven's Room; pray martyrs smile at their last fates, and Angels sing at Heaven's gates; pray Throne Stream flow us all its Plenty, while Jesus receive us tres and genty, Amen
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