ST ANSELM OF MOUNT TABOR, ABBOT - 14 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 14th 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 ANSELM OF MOUNT TABOR, ABBOT 

Saint Anselm, of the Carmelite order, was abbot of the monastery on Mount Tabor, which he restored in 1212. 

HE WAS PRIOR OF THE MOUNT TABOR MONASTERY

He died in this monastery and was glorified by God through many miracles. 

Some writers of his order include him among the "saints". 

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858 - 🎨 Portrait of a Carmelite Monk, Anton van Dyk)

PRAYER:

May the intercession of the blessed abbot Anselm commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.