ST MAROUN, ABBOT - 9 FEBRUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY

Saints celebrated on the 9th 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.

ST MAROUN, ABBOT 

Saint Maro [Maroun], a fifth century abbot, is commemorated on [February 9, formerly February 14].

BOTH ST CHRYSOSTOM AND THEODORET MENTION HIM

He was a Syrian hermit renowned in the East for his zeal for religion and for the austerity of his life. Both Saint Chrysostom and Theodoret make reverent mention of his virtues. 

THE MARONITES

He died A.D. 433. It is probably from him that the Catholic Christians known as Maronites take their name.

(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)