ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 1st 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.
SS. FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY, VIRGINS AND MARTYRS
These three holy sisters suffered many torments and a cruel death for the faith at Rome, in the reign of Adrian.
St Sophia, their mother, gave them these names out of devotion, and her love of the theological virtues.
MOST PERFECT SENTIMENTS OF PIETY
She trained them up in most perfect sentiments of religion and piety, rejoiced exceedingly to see them honoured with the crown of martyrdom, and exhorted them in their conflict.
SHE SERVED GOD IN HOLY WIDOWHOOD
She served God in holy widowhood, and died in peace. St Sophia is commemorated on September 30. The names of these saints have been always famous both in the Eastern and Western churches.
(From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints)
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