Saints celebrated on the 18th 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.
ST AELGYFA OF SHAFTESBURY, QUEEN
Saint Aelgyfa (Aelgiva, [Aelgifu]), Regina. (May 18). St Aelgyfa was the wife of King Edmund of England, whom she bore two sons, Edwin and Edgar, the first of whom caused his mother much suffering, but the second was very pious and God-fearing. She died in the year 921, and was buried at Shaftesbury (Septonia), in the county of Dorchester (Dorcestria), where she became famous for her miracles. In 973 her relics were rediscovered at that place.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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