ST BOËTIUS, BISHOP - 7 DECEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 7th of December

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 BOËTIUS, BISHOP

Saint Boëtius, (December 7, May 16, September 7), was a bishop in Ireland. According to some he is  also venerated on September 7.

VARIOUS FEAST DAYS

In some martyrologies, Boëtius also appears on May 16, with the surname Bregbesachus, who was the son of a certain Bronius, but he seems to be one and the same with the above. 

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the commemoration of Boëtius, your blessed bishop, may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. 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.