Dear Readers,
I would like to introduce you to Saint Charbel. Pope Paul VI declared him a saint on October 9, 1977. Saint Charbel has performed many miracles. The people he has helped have placed ribbons (relics from the saint) with messages expressing gratitude for his help on his statue located at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Brownsville, Texas.
In general, his followers celebrate him on the 3rd Sunday of July, May 8, and October 9 (the anniversary of his canonization). Also, on the 8th day of each month, at noon, a special mass and procession with his relic are held at the parish of Nuestra Señora De Libano in Mexico City for parishioners, dead or alive, for the spiritual and physical health of the sick, and for all of Saint Charbel’s friends and followers.
Today is April 8. I will be present in Mexico City in spirit at the celebratory mass and procession to ask my dear friend, Saint Charbel, to take care of my husband and my sister, and to help me cope with fibromyalgia and a new painful medical diagnosis. Today, I ask him for help, and I ask my readers and followers to pray for me and anybody who needs help. I hope to be one of the folks that Saint Charbel helps, so I can express my gratitude in writing on ribbons that I will place on his statue at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral. Dear Jesus and Saint Charbel, thank you for being by my side for so many years.
M. E. Murray 
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