ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 23rd of April
SAINT GEORGE, MARTYR
Since the fourth century Saint George has been venerated in Lydia, in Palestine. Tradition holds that he was a soldier who died for the faith and his cult spread throughout the East and the West. He was adopted as Patron of England during the Crusades. [St George is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.]
PRAYER TO ST GEORGE FOR COURAGE
Faithful servant of God and invincible martyr, St George, inflamed with a burning love of Christ, you fought against the dragon of pride, falsehood, and deceit. Neither pain nor torture, nor the sword nor death could part you from the love of Christ.
I implore you for the sake of this love to help me by your intercession to overcome the temptations that surround me, and to bear bravely the trials that oppress me, so that I may patiently carry my cross, and let neither distress nor difficulty separate me from the love of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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