ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 5th of April
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 VINCENT FERRER, PRIEST
Saint Vincent Ferrer was born at Valencia in Spain in 1350. He joined the Dominican Order at the age of seventeen, and taught and preached until he was forty. The he began to travel extensively, particularly in France, preaching and exhorting people to the faith.
PRAYER:
Father,
you called Saint Vincent Ferrer
to preach the gospel of the last judgement.
Through his prayers may we come with joy
to meet your Son in the kingdom of heaven,
where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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