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Rejoice with us that Pope Benedict XVI canonized Mother Marie Eugenie at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on June 3rd, 2007. Mother Marie Eugenie, Foundress of the Religious of the Assumption, was beatified in 1975.

Reflect and pray with a thought from Mother Marie Eugenie

Prayer for the Intercession of St. Marie Eugenie

Father,

you inspired St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus

to consecrate her whole life to you

for the extension of Your Kingdom.

Glorify the power of your love in her

and grant us the grace we ask of you

through her intercession:_________________

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ,
You gave Marie Eugénie the grace of belonging entirely to You.

You filled her with an ardent desire
to know You and make you known,
to love You and make You loved.

Grant us all the grace to live as she did,
in holiness and love,
faithful to our particular vocations
for Your glory
and the salvation of the world.

Amen.

Prayer to St. Marie Eugenie

I pray you, St. Marie Eugenie,
do not permit that, from now on,
we leave you frozen under the halo of your sainthood.

May your personality

with its lively intelligence,

its spirit of enterprise,

its missionary faith

remain for each of us always living and stimulating.

Breathe into us the spirit of discernment,

beyond the easy answers and the lukewarm discussions.

May the Lord be our sole guide,

our single road of Truth and of Life.

Accompany us when the situation

requires determination

and valiant perseverance on our part.

Following your example,

let us know how to observe wisely the society of our time. Sustain us by your tender but demanding nature,

so that we may commit all our strength

to humanizing the world

so that God can make it divine.

May the careful attention and respect

to all those who are confided to you

move us to extend this family spirit,

the mark of the Assumption of which you are the foundress.

Holiness is not a question of peaceful repose;

rather, following you, we make it happen,

day after day.

Amen.

(Prayer composed by Francoise Plas, editor of "Assumption 17")

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Saint Marie Eugenie

Assumption College Chapel, Worcester

St. Marie Eugenie's tomb at the Motherhouse Chapel, Paris