ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH
Saints celebrated on the 16th of March
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.
GUDMUNDUR ARASON, BISHOP OF HÓLAR
Gudmundur the Good (Guðmundur góða) was born in 1161, in Hörgárdalur, Iceland. He was ordained a priest in 1185 at the age of 24 and acquired a reputation as pious and devout man, and as a miracle-worker.
HE AROUSED THE IRE OF THE SECULAR NOTABLES
In 1203 he was elected bishop of Hólar (the northern one of the two Icelandic bishop seats). Both his contemporaries and later generations compared him with St Thomas Becket. Gudmundur was generous with the Church's holdings, and soon a great number of impoverished dependents settled around Hólar. His generosity aroused the ire of local chieftains.
HIS VITA
His holy death occurred on March 16, 1237.
His story is recorded in several manuscripts, most notably Prestssaga Guðmundar góða. He is often referred to as Guðmundur góði, Guðmundr or Gudmund the Good).
(Information from Wikipedia -
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0mundur_Arason)
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