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ST EUTYCHIANUS, POPE - 8 DECEMBER

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 8th 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 t...

ST ROMARIC, ABBOT - 8th DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 8th 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...

ST EUCHARIUS, BISHOP OF TRIER - 8 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 8th of December WELCOME! SAINT EUCHARIUS, FIRST BISHOP OF TRIER Saint Eucharius, first Bishop of Trier (Treves), lived in the second half of the third century. According to an ancient legend, he was one of the seventy-two disciples of Christ, and was sent to Gaul by St Peter as bishop, together with the deacon Valerius and the subdeacon Maternus, to preach the Gospel. They came to the Rhine and to Elegia (Ehl) in Alsace, where Maternus died. His two companions hastened back to St Peter and begged him to restore the dead man to life. St Peter gave his pastoral staff to Eucharius, and, upon being touched with it, Maternus, who had been in his grave for forty days, returned to life. The Gentiles were then converted in large numbers. After founding many churches the three companions went to Trier where the work of evangelisation progressed so rapidly that Eucharius chose that city for his episcopal residence.  HE RAISED ...

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY - 8 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 8th of December   Marian Feast Days WELCOME! O glorious Virgin, Mother of God, blessed among all nations, worthy of praise and the greatest of praise, intercede for me with thy beloved Son. O honoured Lady, Mother of the King of Angels and Archangels, assist and deliver me from every difficulty and danger. O Blossom of the Patriarchs, the Virgins and the Angels, Hope of Glory, Beauty of Virgins, Admiration of the Angels and Archangels, remember me, and forsake me not, I beseech thee, at the terrible hour of my death. O Star of the Sea, Gate of Heaven, Temple of God, Palace of Jesus Christ, Harbour of Safety, Power of all Nations, Pearl of all Sweetness, Hope of the Faithful; O Queen who shelters the guilty, who surpasses in radiance the Virgins and the Angels, thy presence gives joy to all the hosts of Heaven. Therefore, O Mother of Mercy, I place in the protection of thy holy hands my going out, my coming in,...

SAINT FEAST DAY 8 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Advent Saint of the Day Saint feast day December 8 Saint Noel Chabanel  The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary   Saint Casaria, Virgin Venerable Egbert, Archbishop of Trier Saint Eucharius, Bishop   Saint Eutychianus, Pope   Eutychianus, Religious Saint Gunthildis, Abbess Saint Macarius, Martyr Saint Noel Chabanel, Priest and Martyr Odwald, Abbot of Lindisfarne Ossia, Widow of Constantinople Saint Pastolius, Religious Saint Patapius, Hermit Saint Romaric, Abbot   Saint Sophronius, Bishop Veit Adam von Gepeckh, Bishop of Freising Saint Zeno, Bishop of Verona Eusebius, Bishop of Toulouse, and Confreres Eustorius, Proculus, and Gelbodeus Hyacinth Cisternes and Companions, Martyrs -0812-

SAINT FEAST DAY 8 DECEMBER: ST NOEL CHABANEL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 8th of December WELCOME! SAINT NOEL CHABANEL, PRIEST AND MARTYR A Jesuit missionary among the Huron [native Americans]. Saint Noel Chabanel was born in Southern France, February 2, 1613; he was slain by a renegade Huron, December 8, 1649.  HE WAS HIGHLY ESTEEMED FOR VIRTUE AND LEARNING Chabanel entered the Jesuit novitiate at Toulouse at the age of seventeen, and was professor of rhetoric in several colleges of the society in the province of Toulouse. He was highly esteemed for virtue and learning.  In 1643, he was sent to Canada and, after studying the Algonquin language for a time, was appointed to the mission of the Hurons, among whom he remained till his death.  HE LEARNED THE NATIVE LANGUAGE In these apostolic labours he was the companion of the intrepid missionary, Father Charles Garnier.  He nobly bound himself by vow never to leave mission, and he kept his vow to the end.  In the "Relation...