SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 15th of April SAINT MARO AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Maro and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "The same day, the holy martyrs Maro, Eutyches, and Victorinus, who, with blessed Flavia Domitilla, were banished to the island of Pontia for the confession of Christ. Being recalled in the reign of Nerva, and having converted many to the faith, they were put to death in different manners by the judge Valerian during the persecution of Trajan." PRAYER: Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the intercession of your holy martyrs Maro, Eutyches, Victorinus, and Flavia Domitilla, not to think high-mindedly, but to grow in humility pleasing to you; that, despising what is base, she may with unbounded love diligently do whatever is right. 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 9th of February WELCOME! SAINT MAROUN, ABBOT  Saint Maro [Maroun, Maron], a fifth century abbot, is commemorated on [February 9, formerly February 14]. BOTH ST CHRYSOSTOM AND THEODORET MENTION HIM He was a Syrian hermit renowned in the East for his zeal for religion and for the austerity of his life. Both Saint Chrysostom and Theodoret make reverent mention of his virtues.  THE MARONITES He died A.D. 433. It is probably from him that the Catholic Christians known as  Maronites  take their name. Source: The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Maroun 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.