Saints for other uses?

[Nelka]

I was going through some severe toothache, problem with some nerves.
I started to pray through St Apollonia for help and she did greatly and all is well now.

I feel very much like I miss her, as if a friend was around and has now gone away.

I understand that everything is done through God and she merely prays on my behalf but I don’t want to have to wait until I have another toothache before I pray through her again.

Thanks.

 

[JSVC]

Hi, Nelka!

That’s wonderful that you were able to find relief through the intersession of St. Apollonia!

You mentioned how you miss her…like, “if a friend was around and has now gone away.” It is understandable that you would feel this way because St. Apollania is your friend! God gave us the saints as wonderful examples on how to live our life for God, and also as our friends who pray to God for us in Heaven.

Just like any other friend, you don’t have to wait for a problem to talk/pray to her and to ask her for her prayers. You can feel free to pray to her/through her about anything any time. In fact, the Catholic Church encourages this!

I hope this helps!

God Bless,

JSVC

 

[Shin]

I was going through some severe toothache, problem with some nerves.
I started to pray through St Apollonia for help and she did greatly and all is well now.

I feel very much like I miss her, as if a friend was around and has now gone away.

I understand that everything is done through God and she merely prays on my behalf but I don’t want to have to wait until I have another toothache before I pray through her again.

Thanks.

Thanks be to Our Lord and St. Apollonia for your beautiful story.

I’m having some tooth issues right now, so if you could say a few prayers to her for me since she answered you so well, I would appreciate both your intercession.

I am trying some preventative/repairing treatment over the long term and hope for the best, and not losing any teeth.

As a virgin martyr she is no doubt a great witness for purity and can be empathized with that way too.

May God help all those with tooth troubles, especially those greatest in need, for the greater glory of God.

She must have had great compassion on her fellow martyrs witnessing their persecution too. As an elderly lady too.

 

[Nelka]

Hi, Nelka!

That’s wonderful that you were able to find relief through the intersession of St. Apollonia!

You mentioned how you miss her…like, “if a friend was around and has now gone away.” It is understandable that you would feel this way because St. Apollania is your friend! God gave us the saints as wonderful examples on how to live our life for God, and also as our friends who pray to God for us in Heaven.

Just like any other friend, you don’t have to wait for a problem to talk/pray to her and to ask her for her prayers. You can feel free to pray to her/through her about anything any time. In fact, the Catholic Church encourages this!

I hope this helps!

God Bless,

JSVC

That’s very nice what you wrote.

Thanks be to Our Lord and St. Apollonia for your beautiful story.

I’m having some tooth issues right now, so if you could say a few prayers to her for me since she answered you so well, I would appreciate both your intercession.

I am trying some preventative/repairing treatment over the long term and hope for the best, and not losing any teeth.

As a virgin martyr she is no doubt a great witness for purity and can be empathized with that way too.

May God help all those with tooth troubles, especially those greatest in need, for the greater glory of God.

She must have had great compassion on her fellow martyrs witnessing their persecution too. As an elderly lady too.

This is the prayer that I used everyday and again before my appointment although I asked her to assist the dentist to do a good job.

0 Glorious Apollonia, patron saint of dentistry and refuge to all those suffering from diseases of the teeth, I consecrate myself to thee, beseeching thee to number me among thy clients. Assist me by your intercession with God in my daily work and intercede with Him to obtain for me a happy death. Pray that my heart like thine may be inflamed with the love of Jesus and Mary, through Christ our Lord. Amen. 0 My God, bring me safe through temptation and strengthen me as thou didst our own patron Apollonia, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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