ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 16th 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.
ST EUGENIA, ABBESS
This holy Eugenia, daughter of Duke Adalbert of Alsace and niece of Saint Odilia, was abbess of Hohenburg or Odilienberg Abbey [Alsace] for 15 years.
ABBESS OF ODILIENBERG ABBEY
She died in the odour of sanctity on September 16 around the year 735. Her sisters were Saint Athalia and Saint Gundelind.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - 📷 1. Monastery at Mont Sainte-Odile, 2. Hell, as illustrated in the Hortus deliciarum. The Hortus deliciarum was compiled at the Hohenburg Abbey. It is a 12th century illuminated encyclopedia, which was intended to instruct novices. It is written in Latin, interspersed with some German bits.)
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Eugenia may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. 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.
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