ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 26th 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 HIXTA, VIRGIN
Saint Hixta (Yxta) was a daughter of St Notburga. She is buried in the village of Jestetten (Yestetten), not far from Schaffhausen.
A DAUGHTER OF ST NOTBURGA
This place was formerly visited by many pilgrims who took refuge in the saint in all sorts of troubles. With the onset of heresy, the pilgrimage came to an end.
A POPULAR SITE OF PILGRIMAGE
Since 1803 the former princely Landgraviate of Klettgau (Latrobrigicus Pagus, Eremus Helvetiorum) has been under the sovereignty of Baden.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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