Saints celebrated on the 24th of June
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.
BL. DIETER OF VESTERVIG
Blessed Theodgar of Vestervig (Dieter, Thøger; also Dietger, Dioter, Theodgardus) was a missionary from Thuringia who worked mostly in Jutland in Denmark, where he died and is venerated as a saint.
HE TRAVELLED AS A MISSIONARY
He studied theology in England, after which he travelled as a missionary to Norway, where King Olav II Haraldsson attached him to his court. After the king's death he left Norway and worked as a missionary on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, where he died on June 24 in or around 1065.
HIS RELICS
His relics were translated on October 30, 1117 to the church of the Augustinian Vestervig Abbey.
(Information from Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodgar_of_Vestervig - 📷 Vestervig Abbey)
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