St. Andrew

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In 1982 Pope John Paul II visited Scotland—the successor of Saint Peter came to visit the spiritual children of Saint Andrew.
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                  Citing the parable of the loaves and fishes the Holy                       Father stressed that anything is possible with God:
                                     ‘*St Andrew gave Jesus all that was                       available and Jesus miraculously fed those five thousand                       people and still had something left over. It is exactly                       the same with your own lives. Left alone to face the difficult                       challenges of life today, you feel conscious of your own                       inadequacy and afraid of what the future may hold. I say                       to you this: place your lives in the hands of Jesus. He                       will accept you and bless you, and will make such use of                       your lives as will be beyond your greatest expectation!* ‘
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Christmas Novena I (St. Andrew Novena)
*Say 15 times a day from St. Andrew’s Day (30 November), ending on Christmas Eve
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Hail, and blessed be the hour and moment at which the Son of God was born of a most pure Virgin at a stable at midnight in Bethlehem in the piercing cold. At that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, to hear my prayers and grant my desires. *(Mention your intentions here) *Through Jesus Christ and His most Blessed Mother. Christmas Novena II
*Say this Novena beginning on 16 December and ending on 24 December. This Novena, though it starts one day earlier than the O Antiphons, correlates with the O Antiphons in the titles used to address Jesus between 17 and 24 December. It would, therefore, make a good Novena to pray when your family prays the O Antiphons. *
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      **16 December: **
      O Shepherd that rulest Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep, come           to guide and comfort us. 
      
      Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory be. 
      
      **17 December: **
      O Wisdom that comest out of the mouth of the Most High, that reachest from           one end to another, and orderest all things mightily and sweetly, come to           teach us the way of prudence! 
      
      Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory be. 
      
      **18 December: **
      O Adonai, and Ruler of the house of Israel, Who didst appear unto Moses in           the burning bush, and gavest him the law in Sinai, come to redeem us with           an outstretched arm! 
      
      Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory be. 
      
      **19 December: **
      O Root of Jesse, which standest for an ensign of the people, at Whom the           kings shall shut their mouths, Whom the Gentiles shall seek, come to deliver           us, do not tarry. 
      
      Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory be. 
      
      **20 December: **
      O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel, that openeth and no man           shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth, come to liberate the prisoner           from the prison, and them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death.           
      
      Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory be. 
      
      **21 December: **
      O Dayspring, Brightness of the everlasting light, Son of justice, come to           give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death! 
      
      Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory be. 
      
      **22 December: **
      O King of the Gentiles, yea, and desire thereof! O Corner-stone, that makest           of two one, come to save man, whom Thou hast made out of the dust of the           earth! 
      
      Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory be. 
      
      **23 December:** 
      O Emmanuel, our King and our Law-giver, Longing of the Gentiles, yea, and           salvation thereof, come to save us, O Lord our God! 
      
      Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory be. 
      
      **24 December: **
      O Thou that sittest upon the cherubim, God of hosts, come, show Thy face,           and we shall be saved. 
      
      Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory be.
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The Golden Legend
The Life of Saint Andrew http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/a.giffter the feasts of our Lord Jesu Christ tofore set in order follow the legends of Saints, and first of Saint Andrew.

Andrew is expounded, and is as much as to say as fair, or answering unto strength, and it is said of andor, that is as much to say as strength; or Andrew is said thus, as antipos of ana, which is to say high, and of tropos which is conversion, so that Andrew is to say, a man highly converted, and in heaven addressed unto his maker. He was fair in his life, answering in wisdom and in doctrine, strong in pain and converted high in glory. The priests and deacons of Achaia wrote his passion like as they had seen it with their eyes.

Andrew and some other disciples were called three times of our Lord. He called them first in the knowledging of him, as when Saint Andrew was with John the Baptist, his master, and another disciple; he heard that John said: Lo! here the Lamb of God; and then he went anon with another disciple, and came to Jesu Christ and abode with him all that day. And then Saint Andrew found Simon, his brother, and brought him to Jesu Christ, and the next day following they went to their craft of fishing. And after this he called them the second time by the stagne of Gennesereth, which is named the sea of Galilee. He entered into the ship of Simon and of Andrew, and there was taken great multitude of fish, and he called James and John, which were in another ship, and they followed him, and after went into their proper places.

After this he called them from their fishing, and said: Come, follow me, I shall make you fishers of men. Then they left their ships and nets, and followed him, and after this they abode with him, and went no more to their own houses. And howbeit he called Andrew and some other to be apostles, of which calling, Matthew saith in the third chapter: He called to him them that he would. And after the ascension of our Lord, the apostles were departed, and Andrew preached in Scythia and Matthew in Murgondy. And the men of this country refused utterly the preaching of Saint Matthew, and drew out his eyes, and cast him in prison fast bounden. In the meanwhile an angel, sent from our Lord, and commanded him to go to Saint Matthew into Murgondy, and he answered that he knew not the way. And then the angel commanded him that he should go unto the seaside, and that be should enter into the first ship that he should find, and so he did gladly, in accomplishing the commandment, and went into the city by the leading of the angel, and had wind propitious. And when he was come he found the prison open, where Saint Matthew was in; and when he saw him he wept sore and worshipped him; and then our Lord rendered and gave again to Saint Matthew his two eyes and his sight. And then Saint Matthew departed from thence and came into Antioch, and Saint Andrew abode in Murgondy, and they of the country were wroth that Saint Matthew was so escaped. Then took they Saint Andrew and drew him through the places, his hands bounden in such wise that the blood ran out. He prayed for them to Jesu Christ, and converted them by his prayer; and from thence he came to Antioch. This that is said of the blinding of Saint Matthew, I suppose that it is not true, nor that the evangelist was not so infirm, but that he might get for his sight that Saint Andrew gat for him so lightly.

continues at catholic-forum.com/saints/golden132.htm
 
Lord, in your kindness hear our petitions. You called Andrew the apostle to preach the gospel and guide your Church in faith. May he always be our friend in your presence to help us with his prayers. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen.
 
NOVENA TO SAINT ANDREW

**************Hail and blessed be the hour and moment
in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary,
at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold.
In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God!
to hear my prayer and grant my desires,
through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ,
and of His Blessed Mother.

Amen.

(It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen times a day
from the feast of St. Andrew, on November 30th, until Christmas will obtain what is asked.)

[Imprimatur: +MICHAEL AUGUSTINE, Archbishop of New York, New York, February 6, 1897.]
 
“Pani Rose” Thank you! This is awesome! St. Andrew is my nephew (and godson’s Patron). Would it be ok for me to copy any <all?> of this to email to him? I will wait for your reply. God bless!
 
OH I am sure Mary Veronica, it is not mine, I just found it. Follow the link, it is a long story. I am thankful you like it, I was searching ifo my husband on St. Andrew.
 
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