EUDOXIUS, ZENO, MACARIUS AND OTHERS, MARTYRS - 5 SEPTEMBER

 

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.

EUDOXIUS, ZENO, MACARIUS AND OTHERS, MARTYRS

These Saints are second century martyrs. They are commemorated on September 5.

CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS

They were a body of Christian soldiers said to have been more than a thousand in number, stationed in Gaul in the time of Trajan, early in the second century.

THEY BRAVELY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR CHRIST

On their refusal to sacrifice to the gods, they were transferred to Armenia, where, encouraged by Eudoxius their leader, they bravely gave their lives for Christ.

(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)