Saints celebrated on the 9th of July
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 MARTYRS OF ORANGE
During the French Revolution there was fierce anti-Catholic persecution. Over 300 people were guillotined in a 6 week period (9th – 26th July 1794) in the Orange region in France, among them 32 religious sisters.
ALL WERE ARRESTED FOR REFUSING TO TAKE THE OATH REPUDIATING THE CATHOLIC FAITH
They were arrested for refusing to take the oath repudiating the Catholic faith, and all were held in La Cure prison.
THESE HOLY SISTERS DIED:
Suzanne Deloye (6th July).
Marie Suzanne de Gaillard (7th July). Marie Anne de Guilhermier, Marie Anne de Rocher, Marie Gertrude de Ripert d'Alauzier, Sylvie Agnes de Romillon (9th and 10th July).
Rosalie Clotilde Bes, Marie Elisabeth Pelissier, Marie Claire Blanc, Marie Marguerite d'Albarede (11th July). Madeleine Talieu, Marie Cluse, Marguerite de Justamond, Jeanne de Romillon (12th July).
Marie Anastasie de Roquard, Marie Anne Lambert, Marie Anne Depeyre, Elisabeth Verchiere, Therese Faurie, Anne Minutte (13th July).
Rose de Gordon, Marguerite Charransol, and Marie Anne Beguin-Royal, Marie Anne Doux, Marie Rose Laye, and Dorothee de Justamont (16th July).
Marie-Madeleine de Justamont, Anne Cartier, Marie Claire du Bac, Elisabeth Consolin, Marie Marguerite Bonnet (26th July). All were beatified in 1925.
Pray for us.
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