ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 27th of February
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.
BL. ROGER FILCOCK, PRIEST AND MARTYR
Blessed Roger Filcock was born about 1570 in Sandwich, Kent, England. He studied at the English colleges in Reims, France, and Valladolid, Spain, where he was ordained a secular priest. He was sent on a mission to England in 1598.
HE WAS IMPRISONED IN NEWGATE
Here he worked for two years and was admitted to the Society of Jesus by Fr Garnet. He was to travel to Flanders to become a novice, but was imprisoned in Newgate and executed for high treason in Tyburn in 1600 by being hanged, panted and quartered. He was about 30 years old.
ONE OF THE 85 MARTYRS
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 22, 1987 as one of the Eighty-Five Martyrs of England, Scotland and Wales. They have a joint memorial day on November 22, but he can also commemorate February 27.
(Information from Katolsk.no)
⬅️ Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Comments
Post a Comment