ST TECLECHILDIS, ABBESS - 10 OCTOBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER

Saints celebrated on the 10th 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 TECLECHILDIS, ABBESS 

The name of this holy abbess is variously spelled Telechildis, Thelchidis and Theodolechedis. She was of Frankish royal blood. 

Having been instructed by Columbanus in the spiritual life, she exchanged the crown of earthly fame and fortune for the crown of spiritual glory.

The high-minded and noble virgin initially entered the Faremoutier monastery, but was soon called to the newly founded monastery Jouras (Jotrum), later called Jouarre, as the first abbess. 

For the sake of God she presided over this office with the most glorious zeal and passed away in great holiness around the year 660. 

On October 13, 1627 her bones were solemnly raised. They are currently resting in St Peter's Church in Jouarre. 

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)