ST WILLIAM OF PONTOISE, PRIEST AND HERMIT - 10 MAY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY

Saints celebrated on the 10th of May

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 WILLIAM OF PONTOISE, PRIEST AND HERMIT 

Saint William of Pontoise was a 12th century saint. An Englishman by birth, who lived a saintly life at Pontoise in France, and whose holy death (A.D. 1192) was followed by many miracles, so that his tomb became the resort of numerous pious pilgrims.

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

St William (Guilielmus, Guillelmus) was a priest of England, glorified by many miracles of God, an excellent minister, a benefactor of the poor, widows, and orphans, and a zealous promoter of worship. He was active in the last half of the 12th century.

(From Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858 - 🎨 Near Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1879)

PRAYER:

O God, who gladden us with the annual feast of blessed William, mercifully grant that, while honouring the anniversary of his death, we may also imitate his deeds. 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.