ANNIVERSARY OF FRA' ANDREW BERTIE
Tomorrow, Friday 7th February, is the 12th Anniversary of the death of Servant of God Fra' Andrew Bertie, 78th Prince and Grand Master.
MOST HOLY TRINITY,
we, Your humble children, thank You for having given us
Your servant Fra' Andrew Bertie,
and for having made him, in the fulfilment of his lofty charge
and his personal consecration to You,
an example of radiant faith,
shown by his love for the Holy Eucharist,
the intensity of his prayer,
his fidelity to the Divine Office,
his most edifying spirit of recollection,
and his assistance to the Poor and Suffering,
according to the ancient charism of the Order of Malta,
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum.
Gloria Patri...
LORD,
Your servant Fra' Andrew Bertie showed us,
by his fidelity to Your example and teaching,
the path of holiness and the true measure of Christian life.
Through the mediation of the Blessed Virgin,
venerated under the title of Queen of Mount Phileremos,
whom he so deeply loved and confidently invoked,
grant, we pray, that he may be exalted on earth
for Your greater glory, and that we may obtain by his intercession
the grace we so ardently implore.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Pater, Ave, Gloria.
(Imprimatur, Vicariate of Rome, 16.X.2012)