ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 6th 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. GUILLERMO SANZ, MARTYR
Blessed Guillermo Sanz, the commander of the Mercedarians in Valencia, Spain, was captured and imprisoned by invading Muslim Moors. Afterwards he was sent to live as their slave in Granada, Spain. Slavery was their usual punishment for Christians.
HE CONTINUED TO PREACH ABOUT JESUS
Because Blessed Guillermo continued to preach about Jesus, he was given lashes. Since this did not deter Blessed Guillermo, who did carry on to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, he was murdered. He died a Martyr by beheading in 1409.
(🎨 An Italian saints card)
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