ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 4th 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.
ST ADAUCTUS AND ST CALLISTHENE
Adauctus and Callisthene, whose memorial occurs on October 4, were 4th century Ephesian Saints.
St Adauctus was the father of Callisthene. This holy and faithful Christian suffered under the tyrant Maximinus Daza, about the year 312.
The Martyr’s daughter, Callisthene, did manage to escape and afterwards lived a saintly life, devoted to works of charity, until her death at Ephesus.
(Information from The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)
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