SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 24th of May SAINT AFRA, MARTYR OF BRESCIA Today, we also commemorate Saint Afra. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Brescia, Saint Afra, martyr, who suffered under the emperor Adrian." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Afra 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 12th of August WELCOME! MARTYRS OF AUGSBURG   [St Hilaria, St Afra 's mother, and the friends and maidservants of St Afra - Eunomia , Euprepia , and  Digna  - were among the martyrs of Augsburg. To start with, St Afra was a prostitute, and so were her friends. These were the events leading up to the martyrdom:] The Lord had mercy on the unfortunate sinner [Afra] and led the holy bishop Narcissus , accompanied by  the holy deacon Felix , on their flight from Spain from the persecutors, to their dwelling [in Augsburg], where they were most kindly welcomed, admittedly with a different intention than the holy men were aware of. ...WITH A DIFFERENT INTENTION THAN THE HOLY MEN WERE AWARE OF  But before the pious Bishop sat down at the table, which Afra had prepared for him, he began to pray with his deacon, which, deeply affected Afra. She asked for more detailed information from her guest. When she hear...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 7th of August WELCOME! SAINT AFRA, PENITENT The persecution of Diocletian was carried on with great cruelty, and at Augsburg, in Rhetia [Germany], the officials apprehended a woman called Afra, known to have formerly been a common prostitute.  "I am informed," said the judge, by name Gaius, “that you are a prostitute. Sacrifice, therefore, as you are a stranger to the God of the Christians, and cannot be accepted by him." Afra replied: "Our Lord Jesus Christ hath said, that he came down from heaven to save sinners. The gospels testify that an abandoned woman washed his feet with her tears, and obtained pardon, and that he never rejected the publicans, but permitted them to eat with him." The judge said: "Sacrifice, that your gallants may follow you, and enrich you." Afra answered: "I will have no more of that execrable gain. I have thrown away, as so much filth, what I had by me of it....