SAINT FEAST DAY 11 JULY: ST BENEDICT OF NURSIA

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY

Saints celebrated on the 11th of July

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 BENEDICT OF NURSIA, ABBOT

St Benedict was born in Nursia in Umbria about 480. He studied in Rome, and then turned his back on the world and lived in solitude in Subiaco. Disciples came to him, and he went to Monte Cassino, where he founded a monastery. He wrote his “Rule”, which established the spirituality and way of life of monastic communities ever since. He died in 547.

PRAYER:

God our Father,

you made Saint Benedict an outstanding guide

to teach men how to live in your service.

Grant that by preferring your love to everything else,

we may walk in the way of your commandments.

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.

➡️ The Death of Saint Benedict of Nursia