ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 10th 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 SINDULPHUS, BISHOP
Today, we also commemorate Saint Sindulphus, bishop. The Roman Martyrology states:
"At Vienne, Saint Sindulphus, bishop and confessor."
SAINT SINDULPHUS, BISHOP OF VIENNE
Saint Sindulphus, Bishop of Vienne, is mentioned by the Bollandists*. His name is also listed in the Roman Martyrology. According to Guerin*, Saint Sindulphus died around A.D. 650, while Migne* states 669 as the year of his death. The French call him Sandoce and Sandou. (Guerin.)
Saint Sindulphus is also commemorated on June 3.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 330)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
PRAYER:
May the intercession of the holy bishop Sindulphus commend us to you, O God, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. 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.
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