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ST CLARE OF MONTEFALCO, VIRGIN - 17 AUGUST

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 17th of August 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 that...

ST CLARE OF ASSISI, VIRGIN - 11 AUGUST

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 11th August WELCOME! SAINT CLARE OF ASSISI, VIRGIN   Saint Clare was born in 1193. Directed by Saint Francis , she founded the Contemplative Order of the Claritians at the Monastery of Saint Damian , in Assisi, where she died in 1253. In 1958  Pope Pius XII proclaimed her the Heavenly Patron Saint of Television.  PRAYER: God of mercy, you inspired Saint Clare with the love of poverty. By the help of her prayers may we follow Christ in poverty of spirit and come to the joyful vision of your glory in the kingdom of heaven. 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.