Dear
Saints Isaac Jogues, John Brebeuf, Noel Chabanel, Gabriel Lalemant,
Anthony Daniel, Charles Garnier, Rene Goupil and John Lalande, we beg of
you, pray for the people of this vast country ours.
You
are the first canonized saints of the United States and Canada. We are
glad to have you. We are happy to honor you. You know our country and
its needs, and we know you are in heaven praying for us.
There
is one very special favor we wish to ask of you. Dear Saints of North
America, pray God to send us another saint, or better still, a number of
them. Ask Him to have soon--a man or a woman, a boy or a girl from this
country of ours raised to the honors of the altar. Let it be a farmer or
a laborer, a housewife or a schoolboy, born and bred in these United
States. Let it be some one who lived his whole life here--a Saint Joseph
of Carville County, or a Saint Mary of Middletown, or a Saint William of
New York.
We
do not wish to displace you in our affections, but to add to your
glorious number. You understand our desires in this, and we feel sure
that we will obtain this great blessing for the salvation of the people
of this land. Remember us now, and obtain this great blessing for us
from God. Help us always to cooperate with the graces that God so richly
and generously gives us, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Date: 1956
