My dearest Mary, Theotokos, I bow before your splendor and glory. As a sign of your bodily assumption into Heaven and your love for my beloved St. Thomas, the twice-late Apostle, you gifted him your cincture and later healed Zoe. In all humility, I ask you now to intercede before our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, for a sisterhood of women committed to catechizing God's people, assisting in the care of those with unclean spirits, and contemplating our Lord all the days of their lives.
An icon of the Theotokos giving her cincture to Thomas the Apostle.
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