ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 17th of October
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.
SS. MAMELTA AND MAMLACHA, MARTYRS
SS. Mamelta (Mamelchta) and Mamlacha, martyrs in Persia.
St Mamelta, whose name can also occurs in the Roman Martyrology, was just baptised when she was set upon by a mob and stoned to death. Afterwards, her body was thrown into a lake.
Before her conversion she is said to have been a priestess of Artemis (Diana). Her sister was a Christian before her, and either through her or (according to the legend) through an angel she came to the knowledge of the truth. The time of her martyrdom cannot be determined.
St Mamlacha, on the other hand, suffered around the year 344 under King Sapor II. Icons portray the indicated angel apparition, or their baptism by a bishop, or their martyrdom.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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