SAINT FEAST DAY 6 OCTOBER: ST BRUNO OF COLOGNE

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER 

Saints celebrated on the 6th of October

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.

SAINT BRUNO OF COLOGNE, PRIEST

Born at Cologne about 1030, Saint Bruno was ordained and for many years ran the Cathedral school of Reims. Later, he felt called to a life of asceticism and solitude, and retired to the mountains near Grenoble with a few companions. 

THE CARTHUSIAN ORDER

From their community grew the Carthusian Order. Bruno was summoned back to Rome by the pope, but after a few years retired to Calabria, where he founded a new monastery. He died in 1101.

PRAYER:

Father,

you called Saint Bruno to serve you in solitude.

In answer to his prayers

help us to remain faithful to you

amid the changes of this world.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.