SAINT MALACHY OF ARMAGH, BISHOP - 3 NOVEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 3rd of November

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SAINT MALACHY OF ARMAGH, BISHOP 

⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints

Saint Malachy, the first canonised Irish saint, was born of Irish nobility in Armagh in 1094. At the age of 25, after the death of both of his parents, he was ordained. He served as Abbot at Bangor, Bishop of Connor, Ireland, and Archbishop of Armagh. 

Saint Malachy introduced uniformity in Ireland by replacing the Celtic liturgy with the Roman liturgy and was a noted healer. He is typically represented with either a book or encountering his sister’s dead spirit as seen in popular Saint Malachy Medals. Saint Malachy died in the arms of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, his biographer.

THE PROPHECY OF SAINT MALACHY

It is the Prophecy of Saint Malachy concerning the line of popes that sets him apart from all other saints. According to tradition, he had a vision while in Rome of the line of popes and to each there was a phrase describing him. Such as Crux de Cruce (Cross from a Cross) or Lumen in Caelo (Light in the Sky).

(Source:

https://www.st-malachys.manchester.sch.uk/st-malachy/ )

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Malachy may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.