FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS - 8 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 8th of August

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FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS (LOCAL CALENDARS)

The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints from antiquity popularly invoked during the plague in the 14th century. They still have a devoted following today. Lately, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, their intercession is particularly keenly invoked; the Fourteen Holy Helpers can be relied upon for an abundance of spiritual and physical graces. 

AN ABUNDANCE OF SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL GRACES

Here is an ancient prayer: "Almighty and merciful God, who didst adorn thy Saints George, Blaise, Erasmus, Pantaleon, Vitus, Christopher, Denis, Cyriacus, Achatius, Eustace, Giles, Margaret, Barbara and Catherine with special privileges above all others, so that all who in their necessities implore their help, according to the grace of thy promise, may attain the salutary effect of their pleading, grant to us, we beseech thee, forgiveness of our sins, and with their merits interceding, deliver us from all adversities, and kindly hear our prayers."

THE MASS OF THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS

The Mass of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, approved by Pope Nicholas... is powerful on their behalf, however so much one is in great illness or anguish or sadness, or in whatsoever tribulation a man shall be. It is powerful also on behalf of the imprisoned and detained, on behalf of merchants and pilgrims, for those that have been sentenced to die, for those who are at war, for women who are struggling in childbirth, or with a miscarriage, and for sins, and for the dead. (Missal of 1483)

➡️ Litany of the Fourteen Holy Helpers