ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 7th of November
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.
ALL DOMINICAN SAINTS
Today is also the memorial of all Dominican saints (November 7).
THE ORDER OF PREACHERS
Saint Dominic, the Founder of the Dominican Order, was born at Calaruega, Spain, in 1170. He wanted to go to Russia as a missionary, but the Pope sent him to Toulouse, where the Albigensian heresy was particularly strong. He lived by the Gospel, and preached the Gospel. Men came to join him, to follow his way of preaching and poverty, and from these grew the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Sisters also joined this new order, supporting its work by their prayers from the enclosures where they lived. Dominic died in 1221. The Dominican Order is very active up to this day.
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