ST MIGUEL DE LA MORA, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 7 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 7th 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 MIGUEL DE LA MORA, PRIEST AND MARTYR 

➡️ The Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution

Saint Miguel de la Mora was born in Tecalitlan, Jalisco (Diocese of Colima), Mexico, on June 19, 1878. Ordained in 1906, he was chaplain of the cathedral of Colima. 

HE WAS ARRESTED DURING THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION

A simple, modest priest, he was arrested on the street during the Mexican Revolution and sentenced to death for being a priest.

HE BEGAN RECITING THE ROSARY

He walked in silence to the place indicated to him, took the rosary and began the recitation of the rosary and was shot. It was noon on August 7, 1927. 

His mortal remains are venerated in the cathedral of Colima, Colima. The Roman Martyrology remembers him on August 7. He is also honoured on May 21 as one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution.