ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 7th 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. GREGORIO SANCHEZ SANCHO, PRIEST AND MARTYR
Blessed Gregorio Sanchez Sancho (Father Tirso of Jesus Mary) was born in Salamanca, Spain, on April 19, 1899.
He entered the Teresian Seminary of Medina del Campo in 1910. He was professed in 1916.
He was ordained a priest in December 1923. After a spell in Cuba, he was assigned to Toledo. Captured by the militiamen at the end of August 1936, he was sentenced to death for being a Catholic priest.
He was shot on September 7 in Toledo. He set an impressive example of how to forgive, bless and love, which he had also expressed in a letter he wrote to his parents hours before he was executed.
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