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This laminated holy card of St. Gerard, whose feast day is October 16, has the following prayer on the back:

Prayer for Motherhood

O good St. Gerard, powerful intercessor before God and Wonder-worker of our day, I call upon thee and seek thy aid.  Thou who on earth didst always fulfill God's design, help me to do the Holy Will of God.  Beseech the Master of Life, from Whom all paternity proceedeth, to render me fruitful in offspring, that I may raise up children to God in this life and heirs to the Kingdom of his glory in the world to come.

Amen

St. Gerard Majella

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 10/16 Tridentine Calendar - 10/16 Patron Of: Expectant Mothers, Falsely Accused, Mothers, Unborn Profile Son of a tailor who died when the boy was 12, leaving the family in poverty. Gerard tried to join the Capuchins, but his health prevented it He was accepted as a Redemptorist lay brother serving his congregation as sacristan, gardener, porter, infirmarian, and tailor. Wonder worker. When falsely accused by a pregnant woman of being the father of her child, he retreated to silence; she later recanted and cleared him, and thus began his association as patron of all aspects of pregnancy. Reputed to bilocate and read consciences. His last will consisted of the following small note on the door of his cell: "Here the will of God is done, as God wills, and as long as God wills." Born 23 April 1725 at Muro, Italy Died 16 October 1775 at Caposele, Italy of tuberculosis All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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