We know it’s beyond us and requires the Supernatural. Show us how to make amends for our current evil climate, and how to save suffering souls from hellfire and damnation. Today, on the First Friday, and tomorrow, on the First Saturday, please accept our prayers and sacrifices in reparation for offences against the most Sacred Heart of Jesus and your own pure heart. Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us. Leonard is the patron of prisoners, prisoners of war, locksmiths, and miners. Pilgrims flocked to his tomb, and in one small town in Bavaria there are records of 4,000 favors granted through Saint Leonard’s intercession. Leonard had a great compassion for prisoners, obtaining release and converting many.Īfter his death, churches were dedicated to him in France, England, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Bohemia, Poland and other countries. Others begged to live with him and learn from him, and so a monastery formed around his hermitage. He built himself an oratory, leaving it only for journeys to churches. Leonard desired further seclusion, and so withdrew into the forest of Limousin, converting many on the way, and living on herbs, wild fruits, and spring water. His brother, Saint Lifiard, followed his example and left the royal court, built a monastery at Meun, and lived there. His desire to know God grew until he decided to enter the monastery at Orleans, France. Leonard began a life of austerity, sanctification, and preaching. Clovis was the founder of the Merovingian dynasty of which Charlemagne was a descendent. This was a pivotal conversion in the history of Europe and brought Christianity in full to what is now France. Leonard prayed, the tide of battle turned, and Clovis was victorious.Īrchbishop Saint Remigius of Rheims used this miracle to convert the King, Leonard, and a thousand of followers to Christianity. The Queen suggested to Leonard, possibly as a joke, that he invoke the help of his God to repel an invading army. He was part of the court of the then pagan King Clovis I. Saint Leonard was born to the Frankish nobility in the 5th century.
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