ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 21st 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 BERNARD OF LERIDA, MARTYR
Saint Bernard of Lerida was born in Leridia, Catalonia (Spain) and was the son of Almanzor, the Muslim caliph of the region.
HE CONVERTED TO THE FAITH AND BECAME A CISTERCIAN MONK
Born "Achmed", he converted to the Faith and became a Benedictine Cistercian monk at Poblet, taking the name Bernard. With his sisters St Mary and St Grace, who were converted by him, he also tried to convert his brother Almanzor, who turned them over to Moorish authorities.
HE WAS REPORTED TO THE ANTI-CHRISTIAN AUTHORITIES
This resulted in St Bernard and his sisters being tortured for their Christian faith and murdered afterwards (A. D. 1180).
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