Saint Margaret of Hungary1242-1271,
Feast Day: January 18
St. Margaret is invoked against floods.
She was a princess whose parents promised her to
God in thanksgiving for repelling an enemy invasion.
They had placed her in a convent, which she would
not consent to leave. As an act of penance she
refused to bathe and tended the hopelessly sick.
Her father built her a convent of her own on an small
island in the middle of the Danube River. Whenever it
was threatened with flooding, she protected it with
prayer.
Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus213-270,
Feast Day: November 17
St. Gregory is invoked against earthquakes
and also against floods. In Beirut, Lebanon he was
a well-to-do law student; having converted to the
Catholic faith. He returned to his native city and
was made bishop for the 17 Christians who lived there.
By the time of his death he had converted all
but 17 of the pagans. Know for the charism of healing,
he could dry up streams and move tremendous
boulders by the commands of his word.
He is also the patron of Armenia and desperate
and or forgotten cases.
A PRAYER IN TIME OF EARTHQUAKE OR FLOOD
O God, Who hast established
the earth upon firm foundations,
and given the rivers their course,
graciously receive the prayers of Thy people:
and, having utterly removed the dangers of
the shaken earth, and dangerous waters.
Turn the terrors of Thy Divine wrath
into the means of the salvation of mankind;
that they who are of the earth,
and unto earth shall return,
may rejoice to find themselves citizens of
Heaven by means of a holy life.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Regard, O Lord, our humility and
forsake us not in this time of tribulation.
I deserve to suffer these things,
O Lord, for I have sinned.
Despise not, Almighty God,
Thy people who cry out to
Thee in their affliction,
but for the glory of Thy Name,
being appeased assist those who ar in tribulation.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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