We greet you, O beautiful and lovable saint! Martyr on earth and angel in heaven, look down from your glory on this people, which loving, venerating, glorifying and exalting you.
On your forehead you bear the full, brilliant and victorious Name of Christ; in your virginal countenance may be read the strength of your love and the constancy of your fidelity to your Divine Spouse; as His bride, espoused in blood, you have traced in yourself His own image.
To you, therefore, powerful intercessor with the Lamb of God, we entrust these, our sons and daughters, who are present here, and those countless others who are united with us in spirit. For, while they admire your heroism, they are even more desirous of imitating your strength of faith and your inviolate purity of conduct. Fathers and mothers have recourse to you, asking you to help them in their task of education.
In you, through our hands, the children and the young people will find a safe refuge, trusting that they shall be protected from every contamination, and be able to walk the highways of life with that serenity of spirit and deep joy which is the heritage of those who are pure of heart. Amen.
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