ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 28th 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 CHAMOND, BISHOP AND MARTYR
St Chamond (Annemond) was a 7th century Bishop and Martyr; he is commemorated on September 28.
An Archbishop of Lyons, of noble family; he was brought up at the Court of King Clovis II.
He governed his diocese with zeal and success, but in the end fell a victim to the machinations of Ebroin, Mayor of the Palace, who caused him to be assassinated (A.D. 657).
Among those who took part in the ceremony of the enshrining of the Relics of this holy Martyr was St Wilfrid of York.
(Information from The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)
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