ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 1st 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.
THE ELEVEN NUNS OF NOWOGRODEK, VIRGINS AND MARTYRS
[Feast: August 1 or September 4.] The Martyrs of Nowogrodek, also known as the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogrodek and the Eleven Nuns of Nowogrodek or Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions were a group of members of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a Polish Roman Catholic religious congregation, executed by the Gestapo in August 1943 in occupied Poland (present-day Navahrudak, Belarus).
They have been declared Blessed by virtue of martyrdom by Pope John Paul II on March 5, 2000.
(Information from Wikipedia -
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Nowogr%C3%B3dek)
Comments
Post a Comment