ST MERCURIUS, MARTYR OF CAESAREA - 25 NOVEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 25th of November

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 MERCURIUS, MARTYR OF CAESAREA

Saint Mercurius, memorial: November 25, was a 3rd century martyr. He was an Armenian soldier in the Imperial army, who by his bravery had secured advancement to a post of importance.

HE REFUSED TO TAKE PART IN AN IDOLATROUS CEREMONY

His refusing to take part in an idolatrous ceremony betrayed him to the authorities charged to carry out the edict of persecution promulgated by Decius.

Mercurius was consequently put to the torture and beheaded A.D. 250. Some of his relics are venerated in churches in the South of Italy.

(Information from The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)

➡️ Saint Mercurius' entry in the Roman Martyrology