ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 16th 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 HONORATUS, ABBOT
The Roman Martyrology says the following about Saint Honoratus, Abbot:
"At Fondi (Fundis) in Campania (the feast) of Abbot Honoratus, whom Pope Gregorius commemorates."
HE ASPIRED TO NOTHING LESS THAN THE HEAVENLY HOMELAND
St Honoratus lived in the sixth century. Born in Abruzzo (his father was a farmer), he aspired from childhood onwards to nothing less than to the heavenly homeland.
MORTIFICATIONS
Therefore he practiced the most perfect renunciation, especially of the tongue [speech] and the palate [sumptuous food].
A THRIVING MONASTERY
Nearly two hundred monks joined him at Fondi, where he had built a monastery. He presided over this monastery as spiritual father by word and example until he died of old age.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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