ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH
Saints celebrated on the 22nd 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 that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.
BLESSED EELKO LIAVKAMA, ABBOT AND MARTYR
Blessed Eelko Liavkama - feast day March 22 - was the twelfth abbot of the Premonstratensian monastery Lidlom in Friesland.
HE HAD EXHORTED THE MONKS TO STRICTER PENANCE IN THE RUN-UP TO EASTER
He died in 1322 following a head injury he suffered at the hands of some unruly monks at Boxum after he had exhorted them to practise far more zealous penance in preparation for Easter. After his death, he was glorified by several miracles at his tomb.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints)
PRAYER:
May the intercession of the blessed abbot Eelko commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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