Oklahoma & Oregon

Read this blog post about Bl. Stanley Rother. He was martyred in Guatemala in 1981. He is the first martyr born in the US and the first US born priest to be beatified. He was beatified September 2017. His cause was opened by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Read more here.  The Bl. Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City is amazing. Information about the Shrine is found at rothershrine.org

Prayer for the Canonization of Blessed Stanley Rother

O God, fount of all holiness,
make us each walk worthily in our vocation,
through the intercession of your Saints,
on whom you bestowed a great variety of graces on earth.
Having graced your Church with the life of
your priest and martyr, Blessed Stanley Rother,
grant that by his intercession this humble flock may reach
where the brave shepherd has gone.
Grant that your Church may proclaim him a saint
living in your presence and interceding for us.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

 Prayer for the Intercession of Blessed Stanley Rother
Blessed Stanley our brother,
you poured out your life in service and spilled your blood
as a witness to the faithfulness of God’s love.
Those you loved so deeply and served so completely
knew you to be their pastor and their priest,
interceding for them as their open door to the presence of Christ.
Pray for us now and intercede on our behalf,
as we ask you to walk with us on our journey through life,
that the redeeming presence of Jesus,
might touch us now and restore us to wholeness and peace.
I ask in time of need [ state your need]
that your prayer accompany us; may the mercy of Christ,
echoed in your ministry and your martyrdom,
renew us and bring us the graces necessary to heal our brokenness,
illumine our darkness, and restore the losses in our lives,
that we may be, finally, one with you
in praising God forever in heaven.
Through Christ our Lord. 
Amen.