ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 28th 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.
BL. ARTURO ROS MONTALT, MARTYR
Blessed Arturo was born on October 26, 1901 in Valencia, Spain, into a modest family. From a young age he worked manually to help his large family. He got married to Maria Llopis Sirer and became father of seven children.
THE PERSECUTION OF CATHOLICS DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
The Republican committee decided to arrest him for being one of the Catholic mainstays of the town. During his detention he was mistreated. He was executed in Valencia, during the civil war for belonging to the Catholic Action, along with ten companions. He was thrown alive into a lime kiln on August 28, 1936.
Bl. Arturo was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.
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