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ST JOHN OF MATHA - 17 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th 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...

ST OLYMPIAS, WIDOW - 17 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th 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...

ST STURMIUS, ABBOT - 17 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December WELCOME! SAINT STURMIUS, ABBOT St Sturmius, actually Sturm, (Sturmi, Stormi, Styrme, Sturmus), came from noble, at least honourable parents in Noricum (Nordgau). His year of birth falls between the years 710 and 715.  When  St Boniface toured the Nordgau (the area around Nuremberg) around 735, Sturmius joined him. From now on we find the promising young man in Fritzlar in Hesse, where he went through the novitiate and undertook his studies. This monastery had been founded by St Boniface in 732. At the time when St Sturmius entered, it was under the careful and insightful direction of Abbot Wigbert . HE BECAME A PRIEST Sturmius' behaviour was full of noble decency, his conduct without blame. His friendly, cheerful, lively manner, tempered by humility and meekness, won him the affection and love of teachers and students. After he reached the required minimum age, he became a priest in about 740. ...

ST LAZARUS OF BETHANY - 17 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December   Regarding the Feast of SS. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus WELCOME! SAINT LAZARUS OF BETHANY ⬅️ Saint Lazarus of Bethany in the Gospels Reputed first Bishop of Marseilles, died in the second half of the first century. According to a tradition, or rather a series of traditions combined at different epochs, the members of the family at Bethany, the friends of Christ, together with some holy women and others of His disciples, were put out to sea by the Jews hostile to Christianity in a vessel without sails, oars, or helm, and after a miraculous voyage landed in Provence at a place called today the Saintes-Maries. IT IS RELATED THAT THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL IN GAUL It is related that they separated there to go and preach the Gospel in different parts of the southeast of Gaul.  Saint Lazarus of whom alone we have to treat here, went to Marseilles, and, having converted a number of its inhabitants to Chr...

ST BEGGA, ABBESS - 17 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th 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...

SAINT FEAST DAY 17 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day December 17 Saint Vivina Saint Vivina, Abbess Saint Bacchus, Martyr Saint Begga, Abbess   Saint Clementiana, Virgin Saint Colonicus, Martyr   Constantia, Virgin Gregory VIII., Pope Blessed Imarus, Recluse Saint John of Matha Saint Lazarus of Bethany   Saint Olympias, Widow Roger MacCongaill, Martyr Rholus, Martyr of Gaza Sildevandus, Martyr Saint Sturmius, Abbot   Saints Florian, Calanicus, and Companions, Martyrs -1712-

SAINT FEAST DAY 17 DECEMBER: ST VIVINA, ABBESS

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 17th 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...