ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 24th of November
SAINT ANDREW DUNG-LAC, MARTYR, AND COMPANIONS (MARTYRS OF VIETNAM)
Saint Andrew Dung-Lac was a diocesan priest who was martyred in 1839. He was one of a group of 117 martyrs, 96 were Vietnamese, 11 Spaniards, and 10 French. Of these, 8 were bishops, 50 priests, and 59 laity. They were martyred over the course of several years and canonised together in 1988.
PERSECUTIONS OF CHRISTIANS
These saints died under persecutions of Christians that lasted from 1625 to 1886 and costed about 130.000 lives.
The 117 martyrs were beatified in four groups: the first of them on May 27, 1900, by Pope Leo XIII; the second (all Dominicans) on May 20, 1906, and a third on May 2, 1909, both by Pope Pius X; and the last (including two Spanish bishops) on April 29, 1951, by Pope Pius XII.
PRAYER:
O God, source and origin of all fatherhood,
who kept the Martyrs St Andrew Dung-Lac and his companions
faithful to the Cross of your Son even to the shedding of their blood,
grant, through their intercession,
that, spreading your love among our brothers and sisters,
we may be your children both in name and in truth.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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