ST ANASTASIUS THE FULLER, MARTYR - 26 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 26th 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.

ST ANASTASIUS THE FULLER, MARTYR 

[Also commemorated on September 7.] St Anastasius was a 4th century fuller of Aquileaia, not far from Venice, who crossed into Dalmatia during the persecution under Diocletian. 

HE PAINTED A CONSPICUOUS CROSS ON HIS DOOR

Far from concealing his adherence to the proscribed Christian religion, he painted a conspicuous cross on his door at Salona. 

He was seized and drowned (A.D. 304). His body was recovered by some fishermen, and after the peace of the Church enshrined at Spalatro.

(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)