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Good St Gerard, powerful intercessor before the throne of God, wonder-worker of our day, I call upon you and seek your aid. You know that my husband and I desire the gift of a child. Please present our fervent pleas to the Creator of life from whom all parenthood proceeds and beseech him to bless

Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created. And you will renew the face of the earth. Let us pray: O God, (you) who have taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of

Good St. Gerard, patron of mothers, assist me in thanking God for the great gift of motherhood. During the months of waiting, I learned to call upon you and placed the safety of my child and myself under your powerful protection. The great lesson of your trust in God susatined me; your slogan, “God will

Almighty and loving Father, I thank you for giving St. Gerard to us as a most appealing model and powerful friend. By his example, he showed us how to love and trust you. You have showered many blessings on those who call upon him. For your greater glory and my welfare, please grant me the

Great Protector of the family, St. Gerard,we ask your prayers for all parents, that they may receive the grace to live in the love of God and bring up their children to know and love him with all their  hearts. We ask you to pray that those who take the lives of unborn innocents and

St. Gerard, who, like the Saviour, loved children so tenderly and by your prayers freed many from disease and even death, listen to us who are pleading for our sick child. We thank God for the great gift of our son/daughter and ask him to restores our child to health if such be His holy

I adore you, my God, and I love you with all my heart. I thank you for having created me, made me a Christian and kept me this day. Pardon me the evil I have done, and if I have done some good, accept it. Take care of me while I sleep and deliver me

Before: Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, which of thy bounty, we are about to receive, through Christ our Lord. Amen. After: We give you thanks, O almighty God, for all your benefits; who live and reign, word without end. Amen. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,