ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 8th of September
SAINT ADELA, WIDOW
Saint Adela [Adelaide] Widow, is commemorated on September 8; she lived during the 11th century.
AFTER HER HUSBAND'S DEATH, SHE TOOK THE VEIL
She was the wife of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders who, after her husband’s death, took the veil at the hands of Pope Alexander II (A.D. 1067) and retired to the Benedictine Abbey of Messines, near Ipres, where she died A.D. 1071.
From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate
PRAYER:
O God, who gladden us each year by the feast of blessed Adela, graciously grant that, as we rejoice in her merits, we may be inspired by her example. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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