ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 13th 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 SIARD, ABBOT
Saint Siardus, the fifth abbot of Marien-Garden (Hortus Marianus) in Friesland, which he headed humbly for 36 years with great piety and love, who took part in all the work, even in the fields, and shone with miracles, died in 1230.
A HUMBLE LEADER
His memory and relics were honoured at an early stage like those of a saint. The last transfer of the same happened to Tongerlo on July 6, 1617. Other of his relics rest at St. Foignan in the Hennegau. His name is inserted in the Martyrology of the Premonstratensian and those of all regular canons.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints)
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