ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 9th of December
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. LIBORIUS WAGNER, MARTYR
Blessed Liborius Wagner was born in 1593 into the extremely tense time of the Counter Reformation. The son of Protestant parents who converted to the Catholic faith always tried to achieve peace.
HIS MARTYRDOM
After his capture by Protestant government forces and under severe torture, Liborius Wagner gave his unswerving testimony and ultimately died a martyr's death on December 9, 1631. Blessed Liborius was beatified in 1974.
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