June 15:
Saint Germain Cousin
Patron of Abused Children
This poor victim of child abuse never had the love of her father or step-mother. They made her tend the sheep and she was made to sleep in the stable under a stairway. She attended daily Mass, leaving her flock in the care of God. She shared her dry bread as alms to others. Finally she was found one morning, dead on her vine twig mattress.
We do not know what happened to her parents, but we can surmise that they went to hell if they did not mend their ways.
PRAYER: Saint Germain, many children are abused today most horribly by their parents. Help these poor victims to rise above abuse and use it to sanctify their lives and thus obtain their true home in heaven, since they have no home here on earth. Amen
