ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 16th of August
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.
ST SERENA, MARTYR
Saint Serena (commemorated on August 16) was a distinguished Roman lady converted by the deacon Cyriacus.
SHE GAVE THE BELIEVERS MUCH COMFORT AND HELP
Many sources, including the Roman Martyrology, refer to her as the wife of the Emperor Diocletianus. Serena, at the time of persecution, gave the believers much comfort and help. The time and manner of her death - legend has it that she died of a deadly fever - is unknown; [she is also called a martyr].
SHE HAD BURIED THE MARTYR SUSANNA WITH HONOUR
Her body was interred next to the virgin and martyr Susanna, her relative, whom she herself buried with honour in the cemetery of St Alexander.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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