SAINT FEAST DAY 14 MARCH: ST FLORENTINA, VIRGIN

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH

Saints celebrated on the 14th of March

Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

ST FLORENTINA, VIRGIN

A native of Cartagena, Spain, Saint Florentina was born into a family of saints.

Her brothers, saints Leander of Seville, Isidore of Seville, and Fulgentius, became bishops.

SHE TOOK THE BENEDICTINE VEIL

After being schooled by her brothers, Florentina consecrated her virginity to God, taking the Benedictine veil. Her brother Leander composed a rule of religious life for her. Isidore wrote for her two treatises on the state of consecrated virginity.

Traditionally Florentina has been commemorated on 14th March. She died in 633.

“Happy indeed is the man

who follows not the counsel of the wicked;

nor lingers in the way of sinners

nor sits in the company of scorners,

but whose delight is the law of the Lord

and who ponders his law day and night.”