She is a long time resident of Taos, New Mexico. To create these heart-felt paintings of saints, angels and blessings, Lynn has brought to the folk art of Retablo making, all the skills and passions that she has learned through a lifetime of drawing, woodworking and painting. Lynn Garlick Retablos grew organically over a period of 20 years. The night before they were to amputate his foot, he prayed that Christ would come down off the cross and heal his foot. Later in his life he developed foot cancer. He had a reputation of being a good confessor and great preacher. In penance for his past, he did not sit down for 30 years. When a papal legate came to town, Peregrine punched him in the nose. He was anti-papal Guelphs and in favor of the Imperials. Peregrin was born to a wealthy family in the 1200's and he became a political activist.

He is the patron of cancer patients.Patron of Cancer Patients, AIDS Patients Invoked against Illness. He died in 1345 and was canonized in 1726.

He was cured of cancer, after he received a vision of Christ on the cross reaching out His hand to touch his impaired limb. There he was widely known for his preaching, penances, and counsel in the confessional. He was ordained a priest, and later returned to his home to establish a Servite community. Philip Benizi, he changed his life and joined the Servite order. After he experienced the forgiveness of St. He lived a comfortable life as a youth, and politically opposed the papacy. Peregrine was born in 1260 at Forlì, Italy to an affluent family. (Pause here and silently recall the names of the sick for whom you are praying)Īided in this way by your powerful intercession, we shall sing to God, now and for all eternity, a song of gratitude for His great goodness and mercy. Ask of God and Our Lady, the cure of the sick whom we entrust to you. You were favoured with the vision of Jesus coming down from His Cross to heal your affliction. Peregrine, you have been called 'The Mighty, ' 'The Wonder-Worker, ' because of the numerous miracles which you have obtained from God for those who have had recourse to you.įor so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fibre of our being, and who had recourse to the source of all grace when the power of man could do no more. Peregrine, pray for me and for all who invoke your aid. Obtain for me also a perfect resignation to the sufferings it may please God to send me, so that, imitating our crucified Savior and His sorrowful Mother, I may merit eternal glory in heaven. Enkindle in my heart a consuming zeal for the salvation of all men.ĭeliver me from the infirmities that afflict my body (especially. Obtain for me the grace to answer every call of God and to fulfill His will in all the events of life. In union with Jesus crucified, you endured painful sufferings with such patience as to deserve to be healed miraculously of an incurable cancer in your leg by a touch of His divine hand. You labored manfully for the salvation of souls. Peregrine, you answered the divine call with a ready spirit, and forsook all the comforts of a life of ease and all the empty honors of the world to dedicate yourself to God in the Order of His holy Mother.

San peregrin