ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 7th 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 JOHN OF NICOMEDIA, MARTYR
Saint John of Nicomedia was martyred on 7th September during the 4th century.
HE TORE DOWN THE EDICT OF PERSECUTION ISSUED AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS
The zealous Christian who (A.D. 303) tore down in Nicomedia, the Imperial residence, the edict of persecution issued against the Christians by the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian Galerius.
For this bold, if perhaps rash act, he paid with his life, being put to atrocious torture, and in the end beheaded.
(From The Book of Saints", 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)
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