FRA' ANDREW BERTIE - ANNUAL COMMEMORATION

Today marks the heavenly birthday (one day God-willing to be feast day), of Servant of God Fra' Andrew Bertie, 78th Grand Master of our Order, second English Grand Master. May we, individually, ask Fra' Andrew's fraternal intercession for the future of our Order, its religious life, its caritative works, and its holy vocations.

We pray also for the Cause of the noble Servant of God, please remember him in your intentions at Holy Mass this day.

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 fulfillment of his lofty charge

and in 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- Obsequium Pauperum.

Gloria Patri.

O Lord,

your servant Fra' Andrew Bertie

showed us, by his fidelity to your example and teaching,

the path of holiness as the true measure of the 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 also on earth

for your greater glory,

and that we may obtain by his intercession

the grace we so ardently implore (...).

Amen.

Pater, Ave, Gloria 

(Imprimatur Vicariate of Rome, 2012)