st anselm

O Lord, we bring before you the distress and dangers of peoples and nations, the pleas of the imprisoned and captive, the sorrows of the grief stricken, the needs of the refugee, the impotence of the weak, the weariness of the despondent, and the diminishment of the aging. O Lord, stay close to all of them.

— St. Anselm (c.1033-1109), bishop and doctor, patron of our parish. St. Anselm was born in Italy and became abbot of a monastery at Bec in Normandy. He eventually became Archbishop of Canterbury in England and is known for his theological writings.

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