ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 24th 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 SERGIUS OF CAPPADOCIA, MARTYR
Saint Sergius was a 4th century monk, perhaps a priest, in Cappadocia (Asia Minor), who fell a victim to the persecution under Diocletian (A.D. 304).
He was remarkable for the boldness of his answers when brought before the heathen judge. The Christians secured his body after execution. It is said to have been later translated to Spain.
(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)
HIS ENTRY IN THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
"At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, Saint Sergius, martyr, of whose life a beautiful account still exists."
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who celebrate the anniversary of the death of St Sergius, your martyr, may by his intercession be delivered from all evils that threaten us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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