Blessed Kateri, Pray for Us!

Today is the Feast of Blessed Kateri! She's a special intercessor for the fiancé and I. As early as 2007, he prayed at her tomb for my happiness.

When I began my job, a priest gave me a relic of Bl. Kateri, which I keep on my desk with a prayer for her canonization. Unfortunately, there is not much known about her life, besides that she was scarred and nearly blinded at a young age from the small pox; she converted to Christianity when Christians were still persecuted (and killed) by her tribe; and she was a consecrated virgin, who served the sick and aged, dying at the young age of twenty-four.

Last November, I was able to visit the North American Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, New York. There, two newlywed friends promised to pray through her intercession that I would meet my future spouse soon. They also visited her tomb on their honeymoon and prayed for me there. (Don't I have the best friends?!?!)

Just one month later, the fiancé contacted me again. Thanks be to God! Blessed Kateri, help us to imitate your innocence and faith.

Photo Credit: Einar Einarsson Kvaran (Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, New Mexico)