ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 3rd 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.
SS. ARCHUS, HERENAEUS, AND QUARTANUS, HERMITS
Saint Herenaeus was a hermit. Originally from Scotland [Ireland], he came to Germany around the year 500 A.D. Our Saint was accompanied by his father Archus and his brother Quartanus.
THEIR ANNUAL FESTIVAL, WHICH MANY OF THE FAITHFUL ATTEND, IS CELEBRATED SEPTEMBER 3
They lived in a forest near Ingolstadt in three caves that are still present behind the rectory of Oetting. Their annual festival, which many of the faithful attend, is celebrated on September 3. Their heads are kept in an elaborate reliquary on the altar.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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