SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 18th of January WELCOME! SAINT AGATHUS, MARTYR OF EGYPT Saint Agathus (Agatho) was killed in Egypt for being a Christian. He was a companion of the martyr  Saint Paul  (II. 188) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Agathus 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 JULY Saints celebrated on the 5th of July SAINTS AGATHO AND TRIPHINA, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Agatho and Triphina. The Roman Martyrology states:  "In Sicily, the holy martyrs Agatho and Triphina." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Agatho and Triphina 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 JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 10th of January WELCOME!   SAINT AGATHO, POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Agatho, a Sicilian by birth, was remarkable for his charity and benevolence, a profound humility, and an engaging sweetness of temper.  Having been several years treasurer of the church of Rome, he succeeded Domnus in the pontificate in 679.  HE BECAME POPE IN A D. 679 He presided by his three legates in the sixth general council and third of Constantinople, in 680, in the reign of the pious emperor Constantine Pogonatus, against the Monothelite heresy, which he confuted in a learned letter to that emperor, by the tradition of the apostolic church of Rome: "acknowledged," says he, "by the whole Catholic church, to be the mother and mistress of all other churches, and to derive her superior authority from St Peter, the prince of the apostles, to whom Christ committed his whole flock, with a promise that his faith should never fail."  A RULE...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 7th 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...