ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 24th of April
SAINT FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR
St Fidelis was born at Sigmaringen in Germany in 1578. He was a lawyer, and then entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin at Freiburg in Breisgau. He lived a life of prayer and penance, and gained a great reputation as a preacher.
He was sent by the newly-formed Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith to preach to Protestants in Switzerland. In 1622, on his walk back, he was set upon by an armed throng. Because he did not renounce the Faith, he was put to death the moment he invoked our Blessed Lady, "Holy Mother of Jesus, succour me!"
St Fidelis, pray for us.
Queen of martyrs, pray for us.
PRAYER:
Father,
you filled Saint Fidelis with the fire of your love
and gave him the privilege of dying
that the faith might live.
Let his prayers keep us firmly grounded in your love,
and help us to come to know the power of Christ’s resurrection.
Through 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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