ST GLASTIAN, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR IN SCOTLAND - 28 JANUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY

Saints celebrated on the 28th of January

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 GLASTIAN, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR IN SCOTLAND 

Saint Glastian was a native of the county of Fife, and discharged in the same, during many years, the duties of the episcopal character with which he was honoured. 

THE SCOTS AND THE PICTS

Amidst the desolation which was spread over the whole country, in the last bloody civil war between the Scots and Picts, in which the latter were entirely subdued, St Glastian was the comforter, spiritual father, and most charitable protector of many thousands of both nations. 

HIS HOLY DEATH

He died in 830, at Kinglace in Fifeshire, and was particularly honoured in that country, and in Kyntire. According to the ancient custom of that country, his name is frequently written Mac-Glastian, the word Mac signifying son. 

(From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints)