Saints celebrated on the 16th of May
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 SIMON STOCK, CONFESSOR
St Simon Stock received the Brown Scapular in a vision from Our Lady. He lived in the 13th century and was from Kent, England. After a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he joined the hermit order of the Carmelite friars.
HE RECEIVED THE BROWN SCAPULAR
His role was important to the consolidation of the order, which at the middle of the 13th century was transformed from a hermit order to being one of mendicant friars, and Simon Stock was its prior general at London. He died at Bordeaux, France, in 1265, and his cult spread during the 14th century.
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