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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 26th of June SAINT ANTHELMUS, BISHOP OF BELLEY Saint Anthelm  (Anthelmus) was a native of Savoy who, after being Provost of a Cathedral Chapter, entered the Carthusian Order and became Prior of the Grande Chartreuse. During the Schism of 1159 he defended the rights of  Pope Alexander II against the Anti-Pope Octavian, and thereby incurred the enmity of the German Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa. The Pope consecrated him Bishop of Belley, and sent him to England as his legate at the time of the dispute between King Henry II and Saint Thomas à Becket. There he rendered important services to the Church and to the country. Saint Anthelmus died during the famine which devastated a large part of France in the year 1178. (From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate) PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Anthelmus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Throug...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 26th of June 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 th...