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First Day:

O Blessed Margaret of Castello,

In embracing your life just as it was,

You gave us an example of resignation

To the Will of god.

In so accepting God’s Will,

You knew that you would grow in virtue,

Glorify God, save your own soul,

And help the souls of your neighbors.

Obtain for me the grace,

To recognize the will of God,

In all that may happen to me in my life,

And so resign myself to it.

Obtain for me also the special favor,

Which I now ask,

Through your intercession with God.

Let us pray…

O God by whose Will

The blessed virgin, Margaret,

Was blind from birth,

That the eyes of her mind

Being inwardly enlightened

She might think without ceasing

On You alone;

Be the light of our eyes,

That we may be able

To flee the shadows in this world,

And reach the home

Of never-ending light.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph,

Glorify your servant blessed Margaret,

By granting the favor

We so ardently desire.

This we ask in humble submission

To God’s Will,

For His Honor and Glory

And the salvation of souls.

Hail Mary...

----Second Day:

O Blessed Margaret of Castello,

In reflecting so deeply

Upon the sufferings and death

Of our Crucified Lord,

You learned courage

And gained the grace

To bear your own afflictions.

Obtain for me

The grace and courage

That I so urgently need

So as to be able to bear

My infirmities and endure my afflictions

In union with our Suffering Savior.

Obtain for me also

The special favor which I now ask

Through your intercession with God.

Let us pray…

O God by whose Will

The blessed virgin, Margaret,

Was blind from birth,

That the eyes of her mind

Being inwardly enlightened

She might think without ceasing

On You alone;

Be the light of our eyes,

That we may be able

To flee the shadows in this world,

And reach the home

Of never-ending light.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph,

Glorify your servant blessed Margaret,

By granting the favor

We so ardently desire.

This we ask in humble submission

To God’s Will,

For His Honor and Glory

And the salvation of souls.

Hail Mary...

----Third Day:

O Blessed Margaret of Castello,

Your love for Jesus

In the Blessed Sacrament

Was intense and enduring.

It was here

In intimacy with the Divine Presence

That you found spiritual strength

To accept suffering,

To be cheerful, patient and kindly

Towards others.

Obtain for me the grace

That I may draw from this same source,

As from an exhaustible font,

The strength whereby I may be

Kind and understanding

Of everyone despite whatever pain or discomfort

May come my way.

Obtain for your intercession with God.

Let us pray…

O God by whose Will

The blessed virgin, Margaret,

Was blind from birth,

That the eyes of her mind

Being inwardly enlightened

She might think without ceasing

On You alone;

Be the light of our eyes,

That we may be able

To flee the shadows in this world,

And reach the home

Of never-ending light.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph,

Glorify your servant blessed Margaret,

By granting the favor

We so ardently desire.

This we ask in humble submission

To God’s Will,

For His Honor and Glory

And the salvation of souls.

Hail Mary...

----Fourth Day:

O Blessed Margaret of Castello,

You unceasingly turned to God in prayer

With confidence and trust

In His Fatherly love.

It was only through continual prayer

That you were enabled

To accept your misfortunes,

To be serene, patient, and at peace.

Obtain for me the grace

To persevere in my prayer,

Confident that God will give me

The help to carry whatever cross

Comes into my life.

Obtain for me also the special favor

Which I now ask

Through your intercession with God.

Let us pray…

O God by whose Will

The blessed virgin, Margaret,

Was blind from birth,

That the eyes of her mind

Being inwardly enlightened

She might think without ceasing

On You alone;

Be the light of our eyes,

That we may be able

To flee the shadows in this world,

And reach the home

Of never-ending light.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph,

Glorify your servant blessed Margaret,

By granting the favor

We so ardently desire.

This we ask in humble submission

To God’s Will,

For His Honor and Glory

And the salvation of souls.

Hail Mary...

----Fifth Day:

O Blessed Margaret of Castello,

In imitation of the Child Jesus,

Who was subject to Mary and Joseph,

You obeyed your father and mother,

Overlooking their unnatural harshness.

Obtain for me

That same attitude of obedience

Toward all those

Who have legitimate authority over me,

Most especially toward

The Holy Roman Catholic Church.

Obtain for me also

The special favor which I now ask

Through your intercession with God.

Let us pray…

O God by whose Will

The blessed virgin, Margaret,

Was blind from birth,

That the eyes of her mind

Being inwardly enlightened

She might think without ceasing

On You alone;

Be the light of our eyes,

That we may be able

To flee the shadows in this world,

And reach the home

Of never-ending light.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph,

Glorify your servant blessed Margaret,

By granting the favor

We so ardently desire.

This we ask in humble submission

To God’s Will,

For His Honor and Glory

And the salvation of souls.

Hail Mary...

----Sixth Day:

O Blessed Margaret of Castello,

Your miseries taught you

Better than any teacher

The weakness and frailty

Of human nature.

Obtain for me

The grace to recognize

My human limitations

And to acknowledge

My utter dependence upon God.

Acquire for me

That abandonment which leaves me

Completely at the mercy of God

To do with me whatsoever He wills.

Obtain for me also

The special favor which I now ask

Through your intercession with God.

Let us pray…

O God by whose Will

The blessed virgin, Margaret,

Was blind from birth,

That the eyes of her mind

Being inwardly enlightened

She might think without ceasing

On You alone;

Be the light of our eyes,

That we may be able

To flee the shadows in this world,

And reach the home

Of never-ending light.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph,

Glorify your servant blessed Margaret,

By granting the favor

We so ardently desire.

This we ask in humble submission

To God’s Will,

For His Honor and Glory

And the salvation of souls.

Hail Mary...

----Seventh Day:

O blessed Margaret of Castello,

You could have so easily

Become discouraged and bitter;

But, instead, you fixed your eyes

On the suffering Christ

And there you learned from Him

The redemptive value of suffering -

How to offer your pains and aches,

In reparation for sin

And for the salvation of souls.

Obtain for me the grace

To learn how to endure

My sufferings with patience.

Obtain for me also

The special favor which I now ask

Through your intercession with God.

Let us pray…

O God by whose Will

The blessed virgin, Margaret,

Was blind from birth,

That the eyes of her mind

Being inwardly enlightened

She might think without ceasing

On You alone;

Be the light of our eyes,

That we may be able

To flee the shadows in this world,

And reach the home

Of never-ending light.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph,

Glorify your servant blessed Margaret,

By granting the favor

We so ardently desire.

This we ask in humble submission

To God’s Will,

For His Honor and Glory

And the salvation of souls.

Hail Mary...

----Eigth Day:

O Blessed Margaret of Castello,

How it must have hurt

When your parents abandoned you!

Yet you learned from this

That all earthly love and affection,

Even for those who are closest,

Must be sanctified.

And so, despite everything,

You continued to love your parents –

But now you loved them in God.

Obtain for me the grace

That I might see

All my human loves and affections

In their proper perspective…

In God and for god. Obtain for me also

The special favor which I now ask

Through your intercession with God.

Let us pray…

O God by whose Will

The blessed virgin, Margaret,

Was blind from birth,

That the eyes of her mind

Being inwardly enlightened

She might think without ceasing

On You alone;

Be the light of our eyes,

That we may be able

To flee the shadows in this world,

And reach the home

Of never-ending light.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph,

Glorify your servant blessed Margaret,

By granting the favor

We so ardently desire.

This we ask in humble submission

To God’s Will,

For His Honor and Glory

And the salvation of souls.

Hail Mary...

----Ninth Day:

O Blessed Margaret of Castello,

Through your suffering and misfortune,

You became sensitive

To the sufferings of others.

Your heart reached out

To everyone in trouble –

The sick, the hungry, the dying prisoners.

Obtain for me the grace

To recognize Jesus in everyone

With whom I come into contact,

Especially in the poor,

The wretched, the unwanted!

Obtain for me also

The special favor which I now ask

Through your intercession with God.

Let us pray…

O God by whose Will

The blessed virgin, Margaret,

Was blind from birth,

That the eyes of her mind

Being inwardly enlightened

She might think without ceasing

On You alone;

Be the light of our eyes,

That we may be able

To flee the shadows in this world,

And reach the home

Of never-ending light.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph,

Glorify your servant blessed Margaret,

By granting the favor

We so ardently desire.

This we ask in humble submission

To God’s Will,

For His Honor and Glory

And the salvation of souls.

Hail Mary...

Prayer

O my God, I thank you

For having given

Blessed Margaret of Castello

To the world as an example

Of the degree of holiness

That can be attained by anyone

Who truly loves you,

Regardless of physical abnormalities.

In today’s perverted culture,

Margaret would have, most likely,

Never been born;

Death through abortion

Being preferable to life,

Especially life

In an ugly distorted twisted body.

But Your ways are not the world’s ways…

And so it was Your Will

That Margaret would be born into the world

With just such a malformed body.

It is Your way that uses our weakness

To give testimony to Your power.

Margaret was born blind,

So as to see You more clearly;

A cripple, so as to lean on You completely;

Dwarfed in physical posture,

So as to become a giant in the spiritual order;

Hunch-backed,

So as to more perfectly resemble

The twisted, crucified body of Your Son.

Margaret’s whole life

Was an enactment of the words

Expressed by Paul:

"So I shall be very happy

To make my weaknesses my special boast

So that the power of Christ may stay over me

And that is why I am content

With my weaknesses,

And with insults, hardships,

Persecutions and the agonies

I go through for Christ’s sake.

For it is when I am weak that I am strong." (2 Cor 12:10).

I beseech you, O God,

To grant through the intercession

Of Blessed Margaret of Castello,

That all the handicapped …

And who among us is not?…

All rejected, all unwanted of the world

May make their weaknesses

Their own special boast

So that your power may stay over them

Now and forever.

Amen.

Blessed Margaret of Castello, pray for us.

Hail Mary...

Hail Mary...

Hail Mary...

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