ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 2nd 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 THEODOTA OF BITHYNIA, MARTYR
Saints Theodota and her three sons were 4th century Martyrs. St Theodota was a Christian lady in Bithynia (Asia Minor) who is associated by tradition with the Martyr St Anastasia and, like her, suffered death in the persecution under Diocletian at the beginning of the fourth century.
HER SONS APPEAR TO HAVE PERISHED ON THE STAKE
St Theodota‘s son, Evodius, with his two younger brothers, bravely imitated their holy mother. All appear to have perished at the stake.
(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate - 📷 A map showing Bithynia)
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