ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 24th of September
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 ANATHALON, BISHOP
St Anathalon, Bishop (1st century) [also September 25]
Although there exists a certain amount of doubt as to the credibility of the Milanese tradition that their first Bishop was St Barnabas the Apostle, it appears to be historically certain that, during his lifetime, his disciple St Anathalon exercised the functions of Bishop, not only at Milan, but also at Brescia, and in other parts of Lombardy.
It is at Brescia that he is said to have passed away (A.D. 61).
(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)
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