Prayer to Saint Blaise is recommended to protect throat health

Do you have any throat problems? A prayer of Saint Blaise It is known for bringing help to restore health and giving strength to follow the necessary treatments. It is recommended that reading be done consciously, never automatically, and with a lot of faith and gratitude in your heart.

Are Brás blessing of the throat?

Saint Blaise was a martyr and bishop who lived between the 3rd and 4th centuries in Armenia. It is known as a protector against throat diseases because of a miracle attributed to it. It is said that a desperate mother asked for his help because her son was almost choking on a thorn. The religious man looked at the sky, prayed and made the sign of the cross on the boy’s throat, obtaining salvation.

This is why, when a person chokes, many people say “São Brás protect you” or just “São Brás”. In church, the blessing is given by crossing two candles in front of the throats of the faithful. Check out a prayer of Saint Blaise:

“O glorious Saint Blaise, who with a brief prayer restored perfect health to a boy who, with a fish bone stuck in his throat, was about to expire, obtain for us all the grace of experiencing the effectiveness of your patronage in all throat ailments. Keep our throat healthy and perfect so that we can speak correctly and thus proclaim and sing the praises of God. Amen.”

Saint Blaise Throat Prayer

“Lord, through the merits of Saint Blaise, I ask You for my health and, especially, to free me from the ailments of my throat. I also pray to You for my spiritual life. Free me from laziness in prayer, as it is the only way to always remain united to You. Through Christ our Lord. Amen!”

What is Saint Blaise’s prayer?

“O blessed Saint Blaise, who received from God the power to protect men against throat diseases and other illnesses, remove from me the illness that afflicts me.

(Make your wish)

Keep my throat healthy and perfect so that I can speak correctly and thus proclaim and sing the praises of God. With the grace of God and with Your help, I promise to strive, oh glorious Martyr Saint Blaise, so that the words that come out of my throat will always be:

True and not false;
Of justice and not of slander;
Of kindness and not of harshness;
Of understanding and not of intransigence;
Of forgiveness and not of condemnation;
Of excuse and not of accusation;
Of respect and not contempt;
Of conciliation and not of intrigue;
Of calm and not of irritation;
Of detachment and not selfishness;
Of edification and not of scandal;
Of courage and not of defeatism;
Of conformity and not of whining;
Of love and not of hate;
Of joy and not of sadness;
Of faith and not of disbelief;
Of hope and not of despair.

Saint Brás, intercede before God for me, for my family and for all those who suffer from throat diseases. That through our words we can bless God and sing his praises.

Saint Blaise, pray for us! (3x)

O God, through the intercession of Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, free us from sore throats and any and all illnesses. Amen.”

Source: Father Reginaldo Manzotti

São Brás Prayer – guarantee novena

A novena is a prayer ritual that must be repeated for nine consecutive days. Look for a quiet place, breathe deeply to connect with the present moment, be grateful for life and say prayers with your requests in mind, including protection, blessings and health.

Opening prayer: “Powerful and eternal Lord, with revived faith, I call upon Your Divine Majesty, prostrate at Your feet I invoke with filial trust in Your goodness and mercy: illuminate the darkness of my intellect with the rays of Your light and inflame my heart with its fire divine, so that I can at least try to imitate the virtues and merits of the Saint, that in his honor I make this novena and, following his example, try to follow like him the life of Your divine Son for Your greater glory and salvation of my soul . Amen.”

Prayer in honor of Saint Blaise: “O God, protect us through the intercession of Your holy Bishop and martyr, Saint Blaise, from all evils of the soul and body, especially those of the throat, and give us the grace to make a good confession in confidence, in the hope of obtaining Your forgiveness and forever praise Your holy name. All this through Your son Jesus Christ our King. Amen.”

Invocation to Saint Blaise: “Saint Blaise, gracious benefactor of humanity and faithful servant of God, and who for His love suffered many tortures with patience and resignation, I invoke your powerful protection, my dear Saint Blaise. Preserve me from the evils of soul and body.

By your grace and your merits God gave you the gift of a special grace to help those who suffer from throat ailments, so protect me from these ailments so that I can fulfill my duties and with the help and grace of the Lord do good deeds. I invoke your special help as a doctor of souls, so that I can confess myself piously and truly deserve the holy sacrament of Penance and obtain forgiveness.

I recommend Your merciful intercession also to those who unfortunately hid their sins in a false confession and I ask that You obtain special grace so that they can confess and accuse themselves with sincerity, with contrition and be able to make Holy Communion.

And may they receive forgiveness for all the sins already committed and hidden with sacrilegious confessions and communions made until this hour. May they also be forgiven and may they receive the Lord’s forgiveness and remission of eternal punishment. Amen.”

Final prayer: “My God and my Lord, I offer You my request in union with the Passion of Jesus Christ Your Son, together with the merits of His Immaculate Mother, Mary, ever Virgin, and all the saints, particularly the Holy Helper Brás, in whose honor I make this novena. Look at me charitable Lord. Pour Your grace and Your love upon me and graciously deign to answer my prayers. Amen.”

Read more: prayer of Our Lady of Aparecida, prayer of Saint Terezinha das Rosas It is prayer of Our Lady of the Head.