ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 19th 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.
ST ALPHONSUS DE OROZCO, PRIEST
Alphonsus de Orozco, commemorated on September 19, from the Order of the Hermits of St Augustine, was an excellent man in every respect.
AN EXCELLENT MAN IN EVERY RESPECT
[He was a spiritual student of St Thomas of Villanova. Ordained in 1527, a noted preacher, and Augustinian prior in Seville.] Alphonsus de Orozco died in 1591.
A NOTED PREACHER
In 1624 his body is said to have been moved to a more honourable place. In the "Augustinian alphabet" he is counted among the "blessed". (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
HE WAS CANONISED IN 2002
[He is now buried in the Augustinian church in Valladolid. St Alphonsus has been officially beatified since - in 1882 - and he was canonised in 2002.] St Alphonsus de Orozco, pray for us.
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