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ST MARGARET CLITHEROW, MARTYR - 26 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 26th of March 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 ...

40 MARTYRS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 4th of May WELCOME! 40 MARTYRS OF ENGLAND AND WALES St Margaret Clitherow's Martyrdom ➡️ The 85 Martyrs of England and Wales - List of their Names FEAST DAY: MAY 4 (FORMERLY OCTOBER 25) The English Martyrs are those English Catholics who suffered death for the faith from the time of Henry VIII’s divorce and his breach with Rome in the early 1530s. They were a very disparate group of people – many were priests executed for saying Mass, others laity who helped them, or simply refused to deny their faith under persecution. They came from all classes of society, rich and poor, educated and unlettered; but they were alike in placing their faith above any material advantage, and indeed valuing it more than life itself. Their witness to Christ is one of the glories of the Church in England. THE LIST OF THESE HOLY MARTYRS: (Some links are yet to be added. For the time being, please paste the holy martyr's name into this blog's...

ENGLISH MARTYRS - 4 MAY

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 4th of May WELCOME! 85 MARTYRS OF ENGLAND AND WALES Bl. Arthur Bell ➡️ The 40 Martyrs of England and Wales - List of their Names The 85 Martyrs of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland are a group of Catholic martyrs who were executed by the English government for practising the Catholic Faith during the 16th and 17th century. They were selected from a vast number of priests, religious, and laypeople and beatified on November 22, 1987 (by Pope John Paul II ). THE LIST OF THESE HOLY MARTYRS: (Some links are yet to be added. For the time being, please paste the holy martyr's name into this blog's search facility. Thank you.) Blesseds John Adams , Thomas Atkinson , Edward Bamber , George Beesley , Arthur Bell , Thomas Belson , Robert Bickerdike , Alexander Blake, Marmaduke Bowes , John Bretton, Thomas Bullaker , Edward Burden , Roger Cadwallador , William Carter , Alexander Crowe, William Davies , Robert Dibdale, George Doug...

BL. ROGER CADWALLADOR, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 27 AUGUST

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 27th of August 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, s...

ST POEMEN, DESERT FATHER - 27 AUGUST

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 27th of August WELCOME! SAINT POEMEN, DESERT FATHER This great light among the ancient fathers of the desert forsook the world about the year 385, and retired into the great wilderness of Scete, in Egypt. He often passed several days, sometimes a whole week, without eating; but it was his constant advice to others that their fasts should be moderate, but constant, and that they should take some nourishment every day. It was a maxim with him, that no monk ought ever to taste wine, or to seek any superfluous gratification of the senses. THE BROTHERS RETIRED TO TERENUTHI The barbarians ravaging Scete in 395, he and his brothers retired to Terenuthi, near an old temple of idols, and lived there for several years. Anubis, the eldest, and Poemen governed this little community by turns. Of the twelve hours of the night, they allotted four for work, four for singing psalms together, and four for taking their rest....

ST MONICA OF HIPPO - INTERCESSIONS

INTERCESSIONS THROUGH ST MONICA ➡️ More Information About Saint Monica Through the intercession of Saint Monica and all the holy women of faith, let us pray for the Church: R. Answer on the day we call! For all parents who suffer anxiety because of their children’s decisions: – strengthen them in prayer and hope. (R.) For all who have abandoned the Catholic faith of their childhood: – lead them into the light of your truth. (R.) For all who have died far from family and loved ones: – bring them into the joy of your household in heaven. (R.) (Personal intentions) (Magnificat, paper edition, 8/'12) Our Father..., Hail Mary..., Glory be...

ST CHARLES BAKER, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 27 AUGUST

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 27th of August WELCOME! SAINT CHARLES BAKER, PRIEST AND MARTYR ⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales (According to his own entry in the English College David Henry Lewis) [His feast day in Wales is August 26] He was English Jesuit martyr, born in Monmouthshire in 1616; died at Usk, August 27, 1679. His father, Morgan Lewis, was a lax Catholic, afterwards converted; his mother, Margaret Pritchard, was a very devout Catholic. David was brought up as a Protestant, and educated at the Royal Grammar School at Abergavenny, of which his father was the head master. AS A TEENAGER, HE WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CHURCH In his sixteenth year, he spent three months in Paris as companion to the son of Earl Rivers, and there was received into the Church by a Father Talbot, S.J. On returning to England he remained with his parents till their death and then, having a desire for the priesthood, went to Rome, where...

ST DOMINIC BARBERI, PRIEST - 27 AUGUST

JOHN PAUL I., POPE, ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ELECTION - 26 AUGUST

ANNIVERSARY OF THE ELECTION OF POPE JOHN PAUL I ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Albino Luciani, the Patriarch of Venice, was elected pope on the fourth ballot on August 26, 1978, and assumed the double name "John Paul", in homage to his immediate predecessors, John XXIII and Paul VI. The month-long pontificate of John Paul I earned for him from the media the title, "the Smiling Pope". THE FIRST POPE TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN THE 20th CENTURY John Paul I died on September 28, 1978. He was the first pope to have been born in the 20th century. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, resulting in the most recent year of three popes and the first to occur since 1605. John Paul I remains the most recent Italian-born pope, the last in a succession of such popes that started with Clement VII in 1523. ➡️ More information about Blessed John Paul I., Pope

OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA FOR PEACE - 26 AUGUST

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 26th of August Marian Feast Days O glorious Virgin, Mother of God, blessed among all nations, worthy of praise and the greatest of praise, intercede for me with thy beloved Son. O honoured Lady, Mother of the King of Angels and Archangels, assist and deliver me from every difficulty and danger. O Blossom of the Patriarchs, the Virgins and the Angels, Hope of Glory, Beauty of Virgins, Admiration of the Angels and Archangels, remember me, and forsake me not, I beseech thee, at the terrible hour of my death. O Star of the Sea, Gate of Heaven, Temple of God, Palace of Jesus Christ, Harbour of Safety, Power of all Nations, Pearl of all Sweetness, Hope of the Faithful; O Queen who shelters the guilty, who surpasses in radiance the Virgins and the Angels, thy presence gives joy to all the hosts of Heaven. Therefore, O Mother of Mercy, I place in the protection of thy holy hands my going out, my coming in, my sleeping, my wa...

SS. JUSTUS, ORONTIUS AND FORTUNATUS, MARTYRS - 26 AUGUST

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 26th of August 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, s...

SS. SIMPLICIUS, CONSTANTINUS AND VICTORINUS, MARTYRS - 26 AUGUST

ST ZEPHYRINUS, POPE AND MARTYR - 26 AUGUST

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 26th of August WELCOME! SAINT ZEPHYRINUS, POPE AND MARTYR ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Saint Zephyrinus, a native of Rome, succeeded Victor in the pontificate, in the year 202, in which Severus raised the fifth most bloody persecution against the church, which continued, not for two years only, as Dodwell imagined; but to the death of that emperor in 211, as Ruinart, Berti, and others prove from Sulpicius Severus, and other authorities. HE WAS THE SUPPORT AND COMFORT OF THE DISTRESSED FLOCK Under this furious storm this holy pastor was the support and comfort of the distressed flock of Christ, and he suffered by charity and compassion what every confessor underwent. The triumphs of the martyrs were indeed his joy, but his heart received many deep wounds from the fall of apostates and heretics. Neither did this latter affliction cease by the peace which Caracalla restored to the church, and which was not disturbed by...