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.
THE MARTYRS OF CAESAREA
Antonin, Zebinus, Germanus and the holy virgin Ennatha, are commemorated today - they were martyrs in Caesarea (Cæsarea), Palestine.
COURAGEOUS HEROES OF THE FAITH
These courageous heroes of faith appeared fearlessly before the governor and asked him to abandon the abomination of paganism.
THEY ASKED HIM TO ABANDON THE ABOMINATION OF PAGANISM
He, enraged at this, condemned them to be beheaded. The holy virgin Ennathas, born in Scytopolis, was sentenced to death by fire. These events happened in the year 308.
(Information from: Rieger, Legends of the Saints for Every Day of the Year, Augsburg, 1835)
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