St. Lydwine

Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Lydwine who is the patron saint of the sick. St. Lydwine was born during the year 1380, in Schiedam, Holland.

When St. Lydwine was growing up she was one of the nine children in her family. St. Lydwine’s parents were very hard workers and did anything they could to provide comfort and other things for their family.

During St. Lydwine’s youth, she had suffered from many different illnesses and diseases which led to her being bedridden.

St. Lydwine was a person who was able to experience many mystical gifts such as, visions of heaven, hell, and purgatory. St. Lydwine was also able to have many apparitions of Christ and the stigmata.

Thomas à Kempis wrote a biography book for St. Lydwine. St. Lydwine was canonized during the year 1890 by Pope Leo Xlll.

During the year 1396, St. Lydwine had fallen very badly while skating. St. Lydwine had bumped into one of her friends which caused St. Lydwine to fall and break one of her ribs on the right side of he rib cage.

St. Lydwine was never able to completely recover from this injury. Due to this injury an abscess had formed inside her body. After some time the abscess had popped and caused St. Lydwine to feel great pain and she underwent severe suffering.

Eventually, St. Lydwine started to suffer a bunch of mysterious illnesses which she faced with great courage and perseverance. St. Lydwine accepted all of her suffering because she believed it was the will of God and St. Lydwine offered up all of her suffering for other people, and for all of the sins of humanity.

Some of the illnesses St. Lydwine endured include; severe headaches, vomiting, fever, bedsores, toothaches, spasms of the muscles, blindness, neuritis and the stigmata.

St. Lydwine died during the year 1433. St. Lydwine’s feast day is celebrated on April 14.

Prayer to St. Lydwine: St. Lydwine we pray that you may help us to offer up all of the suffering and frustration we may encounter during our daily lives for all of humanities well being. St. Lydwine please place your mantle of protection over all the poor and vulnerable and please keep them away from all illness and sickness. St. Lydwine please protect all of the families who have lost a love one due to any type of illness and help them to find comfort in the Lord. St. Lydwine please protect everyone who may be enduring any illness or suffering and help them to get better so that they may spend more time with their family and so they may spend more time learning about Christ. We ask this through Christ Our Lord and Mary Our Mother in Heaven Amen St. Lydwine pray for us St. Joseph pray for us

May we continue to strengthen our journey to sainthood and keep others in our prayers.

---

Works cited:

Information (read from, not taken):

Catholic Online. “St. Lydwine.” St. Lydwine - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online.

Accessed 14 April 2021.

Images:

St. Lydwine. April 14, 2021. St. Lydwine - Google Search.