ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 12th November
SAINT JOSAPHAT, BISHOP AND MARTYR
Saint Josaphat was born in the Ukraine about 1580, ordained about 1604; he became a monk. He was a noted theologian and preacher, and loyal to Rome. He was made bishop of Polotz in 1617, and embarked on a thorough-going pastoral reform, visiting his clergy, seeing that the people were instructed and taking an interest in the liturgy. His reforms aroused hostility, and he was murdered at Vitebsk, during a pastoral visit, in 1623.
PRAYER:
Lord,
fill your Church with the Spirit
that gave Saint Josaphat courage
to lay down his life for his people.
By his prayers
may your Spirit make us strong
and willing to offer our lives
for our brothers and sisters.
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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