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ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December WELCOME! BLESSED ELIAS HOYEK, PATRIARCH Blessed Elias Hoyek Born on December 4, 1843 in Helta (Batroun), a tiny village in a remote corner of the Ottoman Empire, Elias Hoyek (Patriarch Elias Hoayek, Elias Peter Hoayek, Elyas Butros al-Hwayek) defended the idea of creating a Greater Lebanon, two months after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919), which placed part of the Middle East under French mandate. Lebanon was a true jewel; its human and spiritual vocation was no less precious: it was to serve as a treasure-chest for peaceful coexistence, enabling 'the wolf and the lamb' to dwell together ( as the prophet Isaiah wrote ), a messianic biblical ideal that Lebanon would seek to embody and of which  Pope John Paul II  would later say that it is 'a model of freedom and pluralism for the East and the West' - a model that continues to elevate the country to this day despite all th...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December WELCOME! SAINT DYNAMUS, BISHOP OF AVIGNON Saint Dynamus, commemorated on December 24, was a Bishop of Avignon in France, about whom, however, no further details can be provided. (El.) (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 818) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Dynamus 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. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December WELCOME! ST SULPITIUS, BISHOP Saint Sulpitius (commemorated on December 24), was a bishop from Gaul who is mentioned in the annals as as an apostle in the Rhone Valley of the 4th century (around the year 323).  An old manuscript gives him the highest praise and calls him a worthy Gallic bishop . He died after a truly Christian life and was buried in a niche in the church of Martinach. He may be the same as the Bishop of Trois-Chateaux named in the Elenchus * on the above date (Burgener, II. 238). (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Sulpitius may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the uni...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December 🌲 Christmas 🌲 WELCOME! SAINT EVE, "MOTHER OF ALL THE LIVING" Today, we also commemorate  Saint Eve (Eva), our progenitor and wife of Adam .  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 144) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Eve 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. ➡️ More information about Saint Eve ⬅️ About the biblical creation story Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December WELCOME! WOLFGANG ONUPHRIUS, PRIEST   Wolfgangus (Onuphrius) introduced the hermits of St Jerome according to the Pisan rule to Bavaria, South Germany. He was the son of a rosary dealer named Caspar Holzer of Psessenhausen, and was born on January 16, 1651 in Warngau, where the married couple was temporarily staying at the time. He was given the name Wolfgang in his baptism.  Since his father died soon afterwards, his mother, reduced to poverty, from then resided in Munich. Wolfgang's godfather, the schoolteacher Kögelsberger of Warngau, took care of the boy. In his tenth year Count Waldegg of Regensburg took him into his service, but his love for his mother, who gradually was no longer able to earn anything at all, called him back to Munich. HELP FOR WOLFGANG AND HIS WIDOWED MOTHER A kind aristocratic lady called Adelheid saw his plight. She facilitated for Wolfgang to obtain a position as sacr...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December 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 live...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December 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 live...

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December 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 ...

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December  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...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December  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 thei...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December WELCOME! VENERABLE EINARDUS, BISHOP  Venerable Einardus (Einard II., feast day December 24) was descended from the noble family of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen. In his youth, he left the world for Christ's sake, became a monk of Limburg and then abbot of the monastery. HE BECAME BISHOP OF SPEYER Because of his wisdom and piety he was asked to ascend the episcopal chair of Speyer. In his new  position as bishop he rendered great services to the Emperor Henry [Heinrich] by his wise advice. He also received Creuzenach (Bad Kreuznach) as a present from him, which greatly increased the episcopal income. He died in 1067. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858 - 📷 Holy Trinity Church, Speyer)

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December 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 live...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December 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 live...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December 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 live...

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December WELCOME!   BLESSED ADALSINDIS, VIRGIN Blessed Adalsindis (Adelsindis) was the youngest daughter of  Saint Adalbald (Adalbert) and Saint Rictrudis . She seemed to have sucked in the spirit of godliness with her mother's milk and therefore, from a most tender age, despised all claims to the honour of the world. SHE TOOK THE VEIL  A worthy imitator of the holiness of her family, she took the veil in the Hamay Monastery, which had been founded by her aunt,  Saint Gertrude (Gertraud) of Hamage . At that time, her sister, Saint Eusebia , was abbess there. Her holy death occurred in A.D. 715. HER FEAST DAY Her feast is entered as December 25 in the menologies of the Benedictine order to which she belonged. Her mother's feast day is May 12. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December WELCOME! SAINT ADELA, ABBESS Saint Adela (Adula, Adulla) was the sister of Saint Irmene and daughter of King Dagobert II in France. She married a respected nobleman, named Alberich, and bore him a son, who later became the father of the holy Abbot Gregory in Utrecht.  SHE TOOK THE VEIL After the death of her husband, Adela devoted herself entirely to the exercises of godliness and took the veil in the convent she founded in Palatinate ( Palatiolum ), not far from Trier.  SHE WAS ABBESS OF THE COMMUNITY  From the life of her grandson, Saint Gregory, we know that in 722 she headed the community there as abbess. How long she lived after this is not known; but it is believed that she died around the year 734. Her will, drawn up on April 1, 732, is still preserved. See also:  Athela, Abbess (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia o...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December WELCOME! VENERABLE ANNO, BISHOP At first, the venerable Bishop Anno of Worms was a monk of the monastery of Saint Maximin of Trier. He was then appointed abbot of the Saint Moritz (Saint Maurice) Monastery in Magdeburg by Emperor Otto I because of his virtues. Soon afterwards he became Bishop of Worms.  HE ATTENDED THE SYNOD OF AUGSBURG In 952 he attended the Synod of Augsburg and died in 974 after having fulfilled his pastoral duties with all loyalty for many years.  HIS FEAST DAY In Worms, according to the Benedictine martyrology, his memory is celebrated on September 20. In one of the martyrologies he is counted among the "saints" (Buc.) . (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno....

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December 🌲 Christmas 🌲 WELCOME! SAINT ADAM, FATHER OF THE HUMAN RACE [Saint Adam.] Adam was the first man and the father of the human race.  In Genesis 2:7, the name seems to be connected with the word ha-adamah "the ground", in which case the value of the term would be to represent man as earth-born, much the same as in Latin, where the word homo is supposed to be kindred with humus.  THE OPENING CHAPTERS OF GENESIS IN THE BIBLE Practically all the Old Testament information concerning Adam and the beginnings of the human race is contained in the opening chapters of Genesis. To what extent these chapters should be considered as strictly historical is a much disputed question, the discussion of which does not come within the scope of the present article. THE STORY OF THE CREATION IS TOLD TWICE Attention, however, must be called to the fact that the story of the Creation is told twice, viz. in the first ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December 🌲 Christmas 🌲 WELCOME! SAINT EVE, WIFE OF ADAM Saint Eve  (Hebrew: CHWH, hawwah). Eve is the name of the first woman, the wife of Adam, the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth. The name occurs only five times in the Bible. In Genesis 3:20, it is connected etymologically with the verb CHYH or CHWH, "to live": "And Adam called the name of his wife Eve [CHWH, hawwah]: because she was the mother of all the living".  THE MOTHER OF ALL THE LIVING The first account of the creation (Genesis 1, "P") sets forth the creation of mankind in general, and states simply that they were created male and female.  The second narrative (Genesis 2, "J") is more explicit and detailed. God is represented as forming an individual man from the slime of the earth, and breathing into his nostrils the breath of life.  "BONE OF HIS BONE, AND FLESH OF HIS FLESH" In like manner the creation of ...