ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 7th 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 SOZON, MARTYR
St Sozon was a Martyr in Nicomedia who emerged unharmed from the fire into which he was thrown and died in peace. So the Greek menea.
In the Roman martyrology, on the other hand, a [4th century] Martyr of the same name at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia is listed on September 7, who was, after various other tortures, burned to death at the stake.
HE BEARS THE SURNAME "THE SHEPHERD"
He bears the surname: the shepherd (opilio), probably from his occupation, and wears shoes with pierced spines (on pictures) as a reminder of the torture he suffered. That he smashed a silver idol and gave the pieces to the poor is doubtful. His legend can be found in detail in Surius. They are no doubt identical.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
[St Sozon is one of the patrons of those suffering from foot ailments.]
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