ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 10th 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, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.
BL. FRANÇOIS FRANÇOIS. PRIEST AND MARTYR
Blessed François, also known as Sébastien of Nancy, is one of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
HE WAS IMPRISONED ON A SHIP
A Franciscan Capuchin priest, Blessed François (born on January 17, 1749 in Nancy) was imprisoned on a ship in the harbour of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution.
HE WAS LEFT TO DIE OF STARVATION, DISEASE, AND NEGLECT
Blessed François died on August 10, 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. Blessed François, pray for us.
(📷 Martyrdom of courageous religious sisters during the anti-Catholic French Revolution)
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