Here is a prayer composed by St. Gemma Galgani to obtain a desired grace:
Behold me at Your most holy feet, O dear Jesus, to manifest to you my gratitude for the continual favors which You have bestowed upon me, and still wish to bestow upon me. As many times as I have invoked You, O Jesus, You have made me content; I have often had recourse to You and You have always consoled me. How shall I express myself to You, dear Jesus? I thank you! Yet one more grace I desire of you, O my God, if it would be pleasing to You (here mention your request). If you were not omnipotent, I would not make this request. O Jesus, have pity on me. May your most holy will be done in all things"
-St Gemma Galgani
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Another prayer from Saint Gemma to Jesus:
O my crucified God, behold me at Your feet; do not cast me out, now that I appear before You as a sinner. I have offended You exceedingly in the past, my Jesus, but it shall be so no longer. Before You, O Lord, I place all my sins; I have now considered Your own sufferings and see how great is the worth of that Precious Blood that flows from Your veins. O my God, at this hour close Your eyes to my want of merit, and since You have been pleased to die for my sins, grant me forgiveness for them all, that I may no longer feel the burden of my sins, for this burden, dear Jesus, oppresses me beyond measure. Assist me, my Jesus, for I desire to become good whatsoever it may cost; take away, destroy, utterly root out all that You find in me contrary to Your holy will. At the same time, I pray You, Lord Jesus, to enlighten me that I may be able to walk in Your holy light.
Amen. (St. Gemma Galgani)
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Prayer to St Gemma asking for her intercession
Oh holy Gemma, I am near you, help me to pray. You who know what I and those near me need; look after my urgent needs and my spiritual and material wants. You take care of them! I confide in you and entrust all to your loving care.
Offer up to Jesus that tender and constant care that you bore Him here on earth.
Oh holy Gemma, you who physically suffered all the pains of the Passion of Jesus, I beseech of you the grace to meditate on and live the Passion of Jesus, and the sufferings of Holy Mary. Pray that I will be able to walk in the path of humility, simplicity, love and sacrifice, fulfilling at all times and in all ways, the holy will of God. Let me live united with Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and you, for all eternity. Amen.
(taken from a St Gemma Holy Card)
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Prayer to St Gemma for purity -assistance against against temptations
Gemma's mother taught her, from and early age to kneel on her hands and pray 3 Hail Mary's every day, asking the Blessed Mother to obtain for her the grace of purity. At the end of her life, nearing death, a companion went to check on her and found her kneeling on her hands, saying the 3 Hail Mary's for purity. Even at the end of her life she did not abandon this holy practice. Therefore, we can confidently invoke her for assistance against temptations of impurity.
Oh bright flower of heaven, St Gemma, mirror of purity and penance, obtain for us the grace of purity and help us against all temptations of the flesh. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
See also: Triduum in honor of St Gemma to obtain a special grace
and also Novena to St Gemma
11 comments:
You are doing a wonderful job with this website. Thank you for the prayers that you have put up.
I also found a Novena of St. Gemma, would you like me to send it to you??
Hi Sehrish,
Thank you for your kind comment and for your excellent suggestion about adding a Novena to St Gemma.
I just added a Novena today per your suggestion.
Thanks and may God bless you and yours,
Glenn Dallaire
The Novena to St Gemma Galgani is located here:
http://www.stgemmagalgani.com/2008/11/novena-to-st-gemma-galgani.html
This website is yet another tangible proof how much our dear LORD loves us.
St Gemma Galgani, pray for us!
Hi DLitong,
It is a pleasure to meet you.
Yes, we see how much Jesus loves us when we read the writings of Saint Gemma. God's infinite love for us shines through them. It one of the things that makes the lives of the Saints so attractive.
Thank you for your comment.
Glenn Dallaire
Please, I beg of you all to pray for my daughter, Missi, for healing for her back. She has suffered the pain for so long, not knowing it was from Lupus which had deteriorated the bones in her thoracic area causing much pain & loss of some bodily functions as well as atrophied her kidneys. Please ask St. Gemma to help Missi get the right dr. to perform the delicate surgery, which if done wrong, can cause paralysis or blindness. I thank you SO very much for your Godsent prayers and will keep you all in MY prayers as well. Thank you & God bless you all!
Hi Sharon,
I printed out your message and placed it beneath our St Gemma statue and her relics. I will begin a Novena to St Gemma today for Missy.
I also have a daughter named Melissa, whom we affectionately call "Missy".
I pray that God may guide and help you and your family, and draw you ever closer to Himself.
Union in the hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Glenn Dallaire
Yes, Sharon, we'll pray for Missy, that through the intercession of St Gemma, she will recover and be restored to full health, and that the LORD will be glorified in His Work through Missy.
St Paul said that God did not spare even His own Son, our LORD Jesus Christ, to show His love for us, so that it begs the question, what else will the LORD not give us?
Have faith, Sharon, and through the prayers of St Gemma, Missy will be healed.
Hello Glenn,
What a wonderful job you have done with this site! I thank God for leading me to it; I was actually using Google to search for links to the mercy of God to use in a novel I am writing. This was one of the first links to pop up. I was wondering if you could pray to St. Gemma to help me regain my faith, as I have wavered between keeping it and losing it, as I am dealing with a domestic violence abuser (my ex) who stole my daughter from me when she was barely three days old, and deprived her of Baptism and the Sacraments. He has gotten away with this for seven years, and sometimes I feel like losing hope. He has also gotten away with stealing my hard-earned money and Social Security income (the latter of which I get for my hearing disability). I am currently in school trying to get my Bachelor's Degree for Business so I can get a decent career to get off of Social Security for good and care for my child and myself without any interference from anyone. In addition, since I don't drive, I am discouraged by the almost "impossible" task of getting back to Holy Mass. Thank you so much for this site again; may Jesus, Mary, and Joseph bless you abundantly in time and in eternity!
Hi Holly,
Thanks so much for your kind email. It is really nice to meet you.
And, thanks for sharing a bit of your story with me. You really have some heavy crosses to bear!....but you can be sure that Jesus is close to you because He is always very close to those who suffer. It sounds like perhaps your husband really needs your prayers. When you pray for him, what value such prayer has in the eyes of God!...to pray for those who have hurt us...surely it is not easy, but it brings down a shower of blessings upon us and the one that we are praying for.
The novel that you are writing sounds interesting as it touches upon the mercy of God. Since we are in the midst of Lent it is certainly a great time to contemplate the mercy and love of God. Love and Mercy....God's greatest attributes! Jesus crucified hanging on the cross is truly God's love and mercy personified...God who became man to suffer a horrible, torturous death out of His infinite love and mercy for us! When we have doubts or uncertainties we should look at Jesus hanging on the Cross and we should kiss His holy wounds.
I pray through the intercession of St Gemma for you and yours. Please pray for my poor soul also...
May God bless you and yours.
~St Gemma, pray for us!
Glenn Dallaire
Hi Sharon,
I'm not really sure how I stumbled
on this website, but it truly blessed me. I too, have a daughter named Melissa, who is 16, and in need of great prayer for deliverance from drugs. She's had a lot of turmoil and trauma in her life and needs healing in her soul as well. My other daughter Cara has similar needs, and is also in need of prayer. I will pray for Missi. Carolyn
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