Frei Galvão’s prayer to ask for grace – Chapéus – Blog

He is the first Brazilian saint. Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Brazil, on May 11, 2007, Saint Anthony of Sant’Ana Galvão, better known as Frei Galvão or São Frei Galvão, was a Brazilian friar with a liturgical celebration on October 25. He became very popular due to his paper pills with a religious phrase, ingested by those looking for grace with the help of prayer of Frei Galvão.

What is written on Frei Galvão’s pills?

Frei Galvão’s pills would have saved a man with kidney stones and a woman in labor at risk, and so their fame spread. To help these people, the saint had the idea of ​​writing a message on a piece of paper, which was rolled up and cut into the shape of a pill.

“Post partum, Virgo, Inviolata permanansisti! Dei Genitrix, intercede pro nobis” (“After childbirth, O Virgin, you remained Intact! Mother of God, pray for us”) is the text of the ejaculation.

Today, the item of faith can be found for free. The guidance is that you follow Frei Galvão’s novena (text below) to ask for a grace.

How is Frei Galvão’s novena performed?

The ritual is simple. Look for a quiet place where you will not be interrupted. If you want to light a candle and/or incense, it can help with the spiritual connection. Sit comfortably, take deep breaths to relax and look at or hold an image of Frei Galvão. Read Frei Galvão’s prayer below over nine days. The saint’s pill must be taken after reading the faith of the first day, the fifth day and the ninth day.

Frei Galvão’s novena prayer:

“I ask you for everything that your servant Frei Antônio de Sant’Anna Galvão did and suffered, that you increase faith, hope and charity in us, and that you deign to grant us the grace that we ardently desire. (place the order). Amen.”

Pray an Our Father, a Hail Mary and a Glory Be to the Father.

Novena of Saint Anthony of Santa’Ana Galvão (with pills):

“God of love, source of all lights, who showered your Saint Anthony of Sant’Ana Galvão with blessings, we adore and glorify you, and we thank you, because you performed wonders in him.

He, Lord, through your inspiration, created those Pills for your suffering people, a sign of your compassion towards your sick brothers, a sure sign of the mediation of the Immaculate Virgin Mary; Reach us, through the intercession of Your Mother, and of Saint Anthony of Sant’Ana Galvão, that we, by taking these Pills with faith and devotion, obtain the desired grace (ask for grace), and let us try to learn more about the Gospel he lived, cultivating the Eucharistic life with love.

O Saint Anthony of Sant’Ana Galvão, pray for us with Mary, so that we may obtain from the Heavenly Father full life in the love of the Holy Trinity. Amen!”

Source: Archdiocese of Brasília

Prayer of Frei Galvão

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

“God, our Father, who for Your immense love gave us Friar Galvão and, through him, carried out admirable works, we thank You for such a great gift.

Thank you, Lord, for your life, for your great work, for remembering us through Your servant and our brother Frei Galvão.

May our life be a word and sign of Your Kingdom.

Help us to grow in wisdom, age and grace, to grow more and more in the concrete and historical experience of fraternal love, sharing who we are and what we have, especially with those most in need.

Make us instruments of your love: wherever there are poor, marginalized and needy, let us, like Frei Galvão, bring the bread of friendly and supportive presence, which translates into concrete gestures of solidarity and promotion of life.

Lord, give us to welcome, with a joyful heart, all the brothers who pass through our lives, seeking peace, joy, words of comfort and a friendly presence.

Awaken us to love and devotion to Your Most Holy Mother, help us to always venerate her as the Immaculate and proclaim her holy with our words, and especially with our lives.

Grant that we will always be your children, and that we will always turn to you, now and at the hour of our death.

Lord, who poured out Your Holy Spirit on Frei Galvão, and through him performed wonders, pour out Your Spirit upon us, rekindling in us the fire of love, of missionary ardor.

Increase our faith!

Grant that we place ourselves before You as Your faithful servants, obedient to Your Word.

I ask You, for everything that Your servant Friar Antônio de Sant’Anna Galvão did and suffered, to increase faith, hope and charity in me, and to grant me the grace that I ardently desire.

Amen.”

Source: Canção Nova

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