SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 26th of June SAINT DAVID, HERMIT Today, we also commemorate Saint David. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Thessalonica, Saint David, hermit." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint David 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 DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 29th of December WELCOME! SAINT DAVID, KING In the Bible the name David is borne only by the second king of Israel, the great-grandson of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:18 ff.). He was the youngest of the eight sons of  Jesse (1 Kings 16:8; cf. 1 [Chronicles] 2:13), a small proprietor, of the tribe of Juda, dwelling at Bethlehem, where David was born.  FROM THE SCRIPTURES Our knowledge of David's life and character is derived exclusively from the pages of Sacred Scripture.  According to the usual chronology, David was born in 1085 and reigned from B.C. 1055 to 1015. Recent writers have been induced by Assyrian inscriptions to date his reign from 30 to 50 years later.  THE HISTORY OF DAVID The history of David falls naturally into three periods: - before his elevation to the throne;  - his reign, at Hebron over Juda, and at Jerusalem over all Israel, until his sin;  - his sin and last years.  He ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH   Saints celebrated on the 1st of March WELCOME! SAINT DAVID, BISHOP [Patron of Wales and of vegetarians/vegans, the latter due to his and his monks' strict ascetic dietary practices, stipulated in his monastic Rule.]   Born in Wales on a clifftop during a violent storm around A.D. 500, Saint David, who belonged to an aristocratic family, became a famous preacher and founded monasteries and churches from Wales to Brittany. He lived an ascetical life which he shared with others. His Rule forbade the eating of meat. It is said that he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and was made a bishop by the patriarch. After his death, his shrine in West Wales became an important place of pilgrimage. PRAYER: O God, who graciously bestowed on your Bishop Saint David of Wales the virtue of wisdom and the gift of eloquence, and made him an example of prayer and pastoral zeal; grant that, through his intercession, your Church may ever prosper and render you jo...