ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 5th of September
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. GERBRAND OF DOKKUM, ABBOT
Blessed Gerbrand was born in the early 13th century in today's Netherlands. He joined the Premonstratensians and became a canon in their monastery in Dokkum in Friesland.
THE FOURTH ABBOT OF DOKKUM
He was elected the fourth abbot of Dokkum. He was a proponent of the Crusade and was a friend of Saint Louis IX of France (1226-70). In his speeches, he invited the Frisians to take the cross and support the crusade with their alms.
HE INVITED THE FRISIANS TO TAKE THE CROSS
Gerbrand died while attending the Premonstratensian general chapter on October 11, 1267 in the mother's convent of Premontre, France. He is honoured as blessed by the Premonstratensians with Memorial Day on September 5.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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