ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of October SAINT ARETAS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Aretas and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states: "At Nagran, in Arabia Felix, the passion of the Saint Aretas and his companions, to the number of three hundred and forty, in the time of the emperor Justin, under the Jewish tyrant Dunaan. After them was burned alive a Christian woman, whose son, five years old, confessed Christ lisping, and as he could neither by caresses nor threats be stopped, he rushed into the fire in which his mother was burning." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Aretas and Companions 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.