ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 19th 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 EZEQUIEL MORENO, BISHOP
Saint Ezequiel Moreno y Diaz was a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and now venerated as a saint in the Church.
He was born on April 9, 1848 in Alfaro, La Rioja, Spain and later served as a missionary to the Philippines. He also became the Bishop of Pinara and later of Pasto, in Colombia.
PATRON OF CANCER PATIENTS
His nephew Julian Moreno is also venerated as a Blessed because of his martyrdom in Motril. St Ezequiel is popularly invoked as the patron of cancer patients.
St Ezequiel died on August 19, 1906. He was beatified in 1975 (by Pope Paul VI):and canonised in 1992 (by Pope John Paul II)
(Information from Wikipedia -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezequi%C3%A9l_Moreno_y_D%C3%ADaz)
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