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July 15th is the Feast of Sant’Enrico Secondo (St. Henry II), Holy Roman Emperor. Patron saint of Benedictine Oblates, the disabled and childless people, Henry the Pious (or the Lame), as he is sometimes called, is also invoked against sterility.
Miraculously cured of an unknown illness through the intercession of San Benedetto at the monastery of Montecassino in Southern Italy, the Emperor endowed the abbey with several royal gifts, including the famed Lectionary of Henry II, an illuminated manuscript of Gospel readings for Mass.
In celebration, I’m posting the Collect of the Day. The accompanying photo of the saint’s statue was taken at Montecassino Abbey during my 2007 pilgrimage. Sant'Enrico II, ora pro nobis.
Miraculously cured of an unknown illness through the intercession of San Benedetto at the monastery of Montecassino in Southern Italy, the Emperor endowed the abbey with several royal gifts, including the famed Lectionary of Henry II, an illuminated manuscript of Gospel readings for Mass.
In celebration, I’m posting the Collect of the Day. The accompanying photo of the saint’s statue was taken at Montecassino Abbey during my 2007 pilgrimage. Sant'Enrico II, ora pro nobis.
Collect of the Day
O God, whose abundant grace prepared Saint Henry to be raised by you in a wonderful way from the cares of earthly rule to heavenly realms, grant, we pray, through his intercession, that amid the uncertainties of this world we may hasten towards you with minds made pure. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.