ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 27th 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. ROGER CADWALLADOR, PRIEST AND MARTYR
Blessed Roger Cadwallador (aka Rogers) was born about 1566 in Herefordshire, England. He studied in Reims, France, was ordained in Valladolid, Spain, and returned to England around 1594.
HE WORKED ZEALOUSLY AMONG THE POOR
He worked zealously among the poor for sixteen years, but was arrested on Easter Sunday 1610. He was executed in Leominster the same year by being hung, drawn and quartered for the crime of being a Catholic priest.
HE WAS EXECUTED FOR THE CRIME OF BEING A CATHOLIC PRIEST
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 22 November 1987 as one of the Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales. They have a joint memorial day on November 22, but he is also commemorated on August 27.
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