ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 12th of September
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.
BLESSED DEGENHARDT, HERMIT
Blessed Degenhardt (Degenhard, Degenhart), was born the son of a knight. In the flower of his youth he renounced the world and chose solitude instead in order to better serve the Lord.
HE RENOUNCED THE WORLD
For a while he lived under the guidance and direction of the priest and hermit Otto [Otto of Niederaltaich] in Frauenau [Bayrischer Wald, South Germany]. When Otto changed his abode to Frauenberg, Degenhardt accompanied him.
HE BUILT A CHAPEL
Following Otto's death, Bl. Degenhardt returned to the forest. Here he built, with help of others, the chapel of St Bartholomew. Here he spent the rest of his holy life. He went to his eternal reward on September 11, 1374.
(📷: 1. Degenhardt Chapel 2. Google Edition of the source Quinzing-Gau by Joseph Klämpfl - 1831)
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