St. Expeditus
Patron of Republic of Molossia, emergencies, expeditious solutions, against procrastination, merchants, navigators, programmers, and hackers revolutionaries
Died: 303
At one time there was much talk of a Saint Expeditus, and some good people were led to believe that, when there was need of haste, petitioning Saint Expeditus was likely to meet with prompt settlement. However, there is no adequate reason to think that any such saint was ever invoked in the early Christian centuries; in fact it is more than doubtful whether the saint ever existed. In the "Hieronymianum" the name Expeditus occurs among a group of martyrs both on the 18th and 19th of April, being assigned in the one case to Rome, and in the other to Melitene in Armenia; but there is no vestige of any tradition which would corroborate either mention, whereas there is much to suggest that in both lists the introduction of the name is merely a copyist's blunder. Hundreds of similar blunders have been quite definitely proved to exist in the same document.
There is also a story which pretends to explain the origin of this "devotion" by an incident of modern date. A packing case, we are told, containing a body of a saint from the catacombs, was sent to a community of nuns in Paris. The date of its dispatch was indicated by the use of the word "spedito", but the recipients mistook this for the name of the martyr and set to work with great energy to propagate his cult. From these simple beginnings, it is asserted, a devotion to St. Expeditus spread rapidly through many Catholic countries. It should be pointed out that though the recognition of St. Expeditus as the patron of dispatch depends beyond doubt upon a play upon words - still the particular story about the Paris nuns falls to pieces, because as far back as 1781 this supposed martyr, St. Expeditus, was chosen patron of the town of Acireale in Sicily, and because pictures of him were in existence in Germany in the eighteenth century which plainly depicted him as a saint to be invoked against procrastination.
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St expedite I thank you very much for your intercession in my finances when I need it. I still so desperately need your help, please intercede for me and continue to help me with my financial problems. I promise that I will praise your name with love and honor. Expedite my prayer with speed ,love and honor and goodness. Glory to you St. Expedite. Thank you St Jude, St Joseph, Archangel Michael, Gabriel, Raphael,and Father Solanus Casey. In Jesus' name Amen. Peace, love and blessings to all.
Dear St. Expedite,
Thank you so much for your help. Thank you for being there for us, for helping us for our needs - financial and legal issues and you help us won. St. Expedite we love you and thank you so very much for answering our prayers in Jesus name, Amen!. Thank you Lord Jesus Christ, My Blessed Vrigin Mary, Holy Spirit, St. Expedite and all you Angels and Saints. Amen, Amen, Amen!!!
I want to thank St. Expedite for all he has and all he will do for me. He is truly amazing and I hope he continues to help me.
Dearest st expedite...
Thnk u so much for working your miracle in our life..thanx for helping us with our debt 0roblem within a week and thank you so much accepting our sincere prayers. Pls continue to guide us and pray for us to god
Amen
I want to deeply thank you our father in heaven, our lord and savior Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit
For the guidance and the answer of many prayers
I am deeply grateful to st. Expedite of urgent causes, st. Rita of cassia, our holy mother of Fatima, mother aparecida, mother of impossiveis, Mae das Dores , st. Edwiges, st. Gabriel the archangel, all saints and angels in heaven, and Jude Thaddeus, for interceding on my behalf to the sacred heart of Jesus and our father in heaven for receiving my driving license on time and overcome the legal issues .
May god bless us all
Dear St Expedite
Thank you for helping me with my financial obligation. I ask that you continue to bless me
With meeting my financial goals in the future in the name of Jesus Christ Amen. Thank you St Jude and St Michael for your assistance as well. I will continue to pray for blessings and peace in the world. May God, peace and love be with everyone. Amen
Thank you St. Expedite from the bottom of my heart for blessing me financially. I will continue to always praise your name and make your name known. Try St. Expedite it he is truly a blessing.
Thank you Saint Expedite,
For helping to aid me in getting hired for the job I petitioned you for.
happy belated feast day St. Expeditus. please help me in the emergency room when i see patients. also please help me to avoid procrastination. thank you
Dear St. Exspiditus,
Thank you so much for the help finically. We are almost there with being able to pay our bills, we need just some more to pay our insurance and car payments please St. Exspeditus help us.
My love and gratitude to you St. Exspiditus.
Carrie
St. Expedite you lay in rest. I come to you and ask that my prayer be granted. (Insert your request) Expedite this, what I ask of you. Expedite now, this is what I want of you, this very second. Please don't waste another day. Please give me what I ask for. I know your power, I know you because of your work. I know you can do it. If you do this for me, I'll spread your name with love and honor. Expedite my prayer with speed, love, honor and goodness. Glory to you St. Expedite! Thank you St. Expedite, St. Michael, St.Jude, Father Solanus Casey, Jesus, Mary and all the angels and saints for the many blessings you have bestowed upon me and my family, in Jesus' name. Amen. Peace blessings and love to all.
Dear St Jude and Father Solanus Casey thank you for prayers that have been answered.
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored glorified and preserved throughout the world
Sacred Heart of Jesus pray For us. St Jude worker of miracles pray for us. St Jude helper of the hopeless pray for us. Blessings peace and love throuout the world .
Amen
Thank you St. Expedite for your intercession. May you keep all those in need of blessings in your heart. Amen
Thank you for helping speed up my prayer when i needed you Saint Expedite! Thank you, with much love -C
I believe St. Expeditus has helped make my prayers answered many times... Until now, I pray to St. Expeditus to make my petitions heard. Believe wholeheartedly and your prayers will be heard.
Thank you St Expedite. I had some land that I wanted to sell for 3 years. After asking St Expedite for help, in 5 days it was sold
I want to deeply thank you our father in heaven, our lord and savior Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit
For the guidance and the answer of many prayers
I am deeply grateful to st. Expedite, st. Rita of cassia, our holy mother of Fatima, mother aparecida, mother of impossiveis, st. Edwiges, st. Gabriel the archangel, all saints and angels in heaven, st. Antonio and to st. Jude Thaddeus, for interceding on my behalf to the sacred heart of Jesus and to our our father in heaven
For helping me to solve some legal papers and to received it on time
May god bless us all
THANK YOU SAINT EXPEDITE FOR THE HELP YOU PROVIDED ME THANK YOU SO SO MUCH
I want to deeply thank you our father in heaven, our lord and savior Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit
For the guidance and the answer of many prayers
I am deeply grateful to st. Expedite, st. Rita of cassia, our holy mother of Fatima, mother aparecida, mother of impossiveis, st. Edwiges, st. Gabriel the archangel, all saints and angels in heaven, and to st. Jude Thaddeus, for interceding on my behalf to the sacred heart of Jesus and to our lord.
My prayers for financial need been fulfilled.
my daughter had an high average in her exams
My safe trip with my daughter
to be able to pay my debt to my mother and to help my family financially since my brother is jobless at the moment and for not been charged unlawful by the rental car company .
May god bless us all.
Today I needed an urgent solution to a problem which seemed impossible to solve. I asked Saint Expeditus for urgent help in the matter and to the glory of Christ Jesus. In less than one second after completing my request a SMS came through on my phone with a solution. Praise be to The Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you Saint Expeditus for your speedy help.