ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 25th 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 SEVERUS OF AGDE, ABBOT
Saint Severus was an abbot at Agde (Agatha). a town in Upper Languedoc, who was born in Tyre in Syria and after the death of his wealthy parents distributed his property among the poor and set out on a journey to proclaim the name of Christ.
HE DISTRIBUTED HIS PROPERTY AMONG THE POOR
In France (Septimania) he settled in the area of Agde in a desert to live as a hermit, and thereupon founded a monastery in Agde himself, in which over 300 monks lived under him.
COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE WORLD
He was characterised by a life completely detached from the world and many miracles. His festival is celebrated in Agde and on the small island of Maugelone (Magalona) in the diocese of Montpellier on August 25. Rodez celebrates his festival on August 21. His death may have happened in the year 500.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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