ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 18th 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. MARTIN MARTINEZ PASQUAL, PRIEST AND MARTYR
Blessed Martin, son of Martin Martinez Callao, a carpenter, and Francisca Pascual Amposta, was baptised on November 12, 1910 - the day after he was born. Called to the priesthood, Blessed Martin went to the seminary in the diocese of Zaragoza, Spain.
HE TAUGHT LATIN AT THE SEMINARY IN MURCIA
His priestly ordination took place on June 15, 1935 in the diocese of Tortosa, Spain. He taught Latin at the seminary in Murcia, Spain.
HE WAS SHOT BY FIRING SQUAD
During the Spanish Civil War, he was shot by firing squad on August 18, 1936 at the cemetery in Valdealgorfa, Teruel, and died giving his executioners a blessing in hopes that they would come to their senses. He was beatified on October 1, 1995.
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