Prayer to ST CYPRIAN

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#stcypriannovena #stcyprian #feastday • Most gracious Father, • bless with your special care • all penitentiaries and homes of refuge. • Look with pity on those who are housed there. • Guide and protect those who have returned to the world. • Grant all of them true contrition for past sins, • and strengthen them in their good resolutions. • Lead them along from grace to grace • so that by the help of the Holy Spirit • they may persevere in the ways of obedience and humility, • and in the struggle against evil thoughts and desires. • Grant the Holy Spirit • to those engaged in teaching and training them, • that they might have a right judgment • with respect to those entrusted to them. • May they labour for love of your with deep humility • and singleness of purpose, • purity of heart and life, • and true zeal for your glory • and the salvation of souls. • Give them faith and love • to sustain them in disappointment, • love and patience toward those under them, • and in your own good time • crown their work with an eternal recompense. • Amen. • 🌹 MORE ABOUT OF ST. CYPRIAN🌹 • The elegantly named Thaschus Caecilius Cyprianus was born in an uncertain year in that buzzing beehive of early Christianity known as Roman North Africa. His biography epitomizes that of many greats of his era: a classically educated Roman citizen of renown finds Christ as an adult, leaves behind his exalted civic status, trades Empire for Church, and places his gifts and reputation at the service of the people as a bishop of consequence. But because he lived in times of hot persecution, Cyprian’s life did not come to a peaceful end like others with similar biographies, such as Saints Hilary, Ambrose, Augustine, or Paulinus of Nola. The mighty Bishop Cyprian was sentenced to death by a local bureaucrat. On the fateful day, he knelt in the burning sand and waited for the heavy Roman sword to lop off his head. Cyprian’s cult of martyrdom sprang up instantly, even as the faithful, carrying white cloths, soaked up the holy blood that poured from his torso. His name was soon placed in the Roman Canon, where it remains today, spoken from the altar and heard by the faithful at Mass in Eucharistic Prayer I. • Cyprian was a big-hearted, well-educated “man about town” when, in his mid-forties, he was converted by the example and words of an old priest. He redirected his life, made a vow of chastity which astonished his friends, and even abstained from his greatest pleasure—the works of pagan authors. In all of Cyprian’s Christian writings, there is not one single citation of these pagans whose style and thought Cyprian had so admired. Once converted, Cyprian’s mind focused on Scripture and the growing canon of Christian theology, mostly that of his fellow North African Tertullian. Soon after his baptism, Cyprian was ordained a priest, and in 248, after first resisting the appointment, he was made the bishop of his home city of Carthage. His impressive bearing and refined education earned him deep respect among the faithful. • Under the persecution of the Emperor Decius (249–252), which so marked the life of the third-century Church, many Christians lined up at the offices of their local Roman official to offer token worship to pagan gods and to receive a libellus, or small sheet, documenting their apostasy. Cyprian lost all his possessions in this persecution but avoided capture by going into hiding. He governed his diocese remotely through letters and was compelled to defend his flight against criticism levelled by bishops in both Rome and North Africa that he was avoiding martyrdom. Once the tide of persecution subsided, Cyprian returned to Carthage and was lenient but clear, like his contemporary Pope Cornelius, in reintegrating the lapsi back into the Church once they had performed a suitable penance. • ********************* • Hello everyone! I hope everyone is feeling great. The Feast of ST. CYPRIAN is celebrated on September 16th. • I hope you would support our channel. • Thank you and God Bless. • ****************** • Disclaimer: I do not own any music or articles in this Video, for Inspirational, Prayers and Devotion Purposes only. • NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. • ****************** • ❣❣❣❣ Credits / Sources ❣❣❣❣ • www.praymorenovenas.com and mycatholiclife.om • Canva and inshot for the Editing Apps • Yt audio library for the music background • ---------------------------------- • 🌹🌹🙏🙏🌹🌹 • Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” • John 11:40 • God Bless us all🙏

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