Happy Feast Day!

Today is Father Damien of Molokai's first feast day as a Saint!  A fact, I believe, worthy of mention.  So Happy Feast Day... SAINT Damien!

Prayer to St. Damien

Damien, brother on the journey,

happy and generous missionary,

who loved the Gospel more than your own life.

who for love of Jesus left your family, your

homeland, your security and your dreams.

Teach us to give our lives

with a joy like yours,

to be in solidarity with the outcasts of the world,

to celebrate and contemplate the Eucharist

as the source of our own commitment.

Help us to love to the very end

and, in the strength of the Spirit, to persevere in

compassion

for the poor and forgotten

so that we might be

good disciples of Jesus and Mary.

Amen.