BL. PETRA MARIA QUINTANA ARGOS, VIRGIN AND MARTYR - 23 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 23rd 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. PETRA MARIA QUINTANA ARGOS, VIRGIN AND MARTYR 

Daughter of Antonio Quintana and Luisa Argos, Blessed Petra Maria was born on May 13, 1866, in Soano (Spain). She entered the Congregation of the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family in the Sanctuary of Montiel (Spain).

A DEEP DEVOTION TO THE EUCHARIST

She was Superior-General of the Order from 1914 to 1926, and Vicar-General from 1926 until her death. She distinguished herself in the practice of charity, fidelity to God and neighbour and her deep devotion to the Eucharist.

FORGIVENESS

Blessed Rosario de Soano (her name in religion) was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. Her last gesture was a testimony of faith: taking off the ring, a sign of perpetual alliance with the Lord, she gave it to her executioner and said: "Take it as a sign of my forgiveness." Her beatification took place in the year 2000.