ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 15th of April
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.
SAINT RUADHAN OF LORRHA, ABBOT
(Saint Ruadhan, Abbot in Ireland.) St Ruadhan was born in the western part of Leinster. Having built the monastery of Lothraen, he assembled in it one hundred and fifty fervent monks, with whom he divided his time, between the exercises of prayer and manual labour, which he also sanctified by prayer. He was advanced to the episcopal dignity, and was called one of the 12 apostles of Ireland. He died in 584.
(From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints)
[The 12 Apostles of Ireland were St Finian's most noted pupils. They spread the Faith across Ireland, preaching and founding monasteries and schools. The 12 Apostles of Ireland are:
1. St Brendan of Birr
2. St Brendan the Navigator
3. St Canice
4. St Ciaran of Saighir/St Finnian of Clonard (depending on the source consulted)
5. St Ciaran of Clonmacnoise
6. St Columba of Terryglass (feast: December 12)
7. St Columba (feast: June 9)
8. St Laserian (Laisren mac Nad Froich)
9. St Mobhi of Glasnevin
10. St Ninnidh the Pious of Lough Erne
11. St Ruadhan of Lorrha
12. St Seanan of Iniscathay]
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