SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of September SAINT ZENO AND COMPANIONS Today, we also commemorate Saint Zeno and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Nicomedia, the holy martyr Zeno, and his sons Concordius and Theodore." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Zeno, Concordius and Theodore 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 FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 25th of February SAINT CONCORDIUS, BISHOP OF SAINTES   Saint Concordius was a bishop of Saintes in France. He died in A.D. 510. (Mg.) (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 654) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Concordius 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 2nd of January ST CONCORDIUS, MARTYR Saint Concordius was a holy subdeacon, who in the reign of Marcus Antoninus, was apprehended in a desert and brought before Torquatus, governor of Umbria, then residing at Spoleto, about the year 178.  HE WAS APPREHENDED The martyr, paying no regard to his promises or threats, in the first interrogatory, was beaten with clubs, and in the second was hung on the rack, but in the height of his torments he cheerfully sang: “Glory be to thee, Lord Jesus!”  "GLORY BE TO THEE, LORD JESUS!" Three days after two soldiers were sent by Torquatus to behead him in the dungeon, unless he would offer sacrifice to an idol, which a priest who accompanied them carried with him for this purpose. The saint showed his indignation by spitting upon the idol, upon which one of the soldiers struck off his head. In the Roman Martyrology his name occurs on the 1st , in some others on the 2nd, of January...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 16th of December SS. VALENTINE, CONCORDIUS, NAVALIS, AND AGRICOLA,  MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Valentine, Concordius, Navalis, and Agricola, martyrs. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Ravenna, the holy martyrs Valentine, military officer, Concordius, his son, Navalis, and Agricola, who suffered for Christ in the persecution of Maximian." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who celebrate the anniversary of the death of your holy martyrs Valentine, Concordius, Navalis, and Agricola may by their intercession be delivered from all evils that threaten us. 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. -∆-