SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 29th of July   WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS S.S. Anastasia et Soc. M.M.  Saints Anastasia, Philip, Saturnin (Saturninus), Celestius, Patrunia (Patronia), and Pelagia were martyrs of Jesus Christ, but neither the exact date nor the place of their martyrdom have been handed down to us.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 180) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Anastasia 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. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER   Saints celebrated on the 8th of October WELCOME! SAINT DIONYSIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) Saints Dionysius (a bishop), Januarius, Faustina, Martial, Privatus, Eraclus, Julianus, and Pelagia obtained their martyr's crowns at Antioch. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 761) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Dionysius, Januarius, Faustina, Martial, Privatus, Eraclus, Julianus, and Pelagia 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. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlib...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of October SAINT BERONICUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Beronicus and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Antioch, the holy martyrs Beronicus, the virgin Pelagia and forty-nine others." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Beronicus, Pelagia, 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 11th of July SAINTS JANUARIUS AND PELAGIA, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Januarius and Pelagia. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Nicopolis, in Armenia, the birthday of the holy martyrs Januarius and Pelagia, who for four days were racked, torn with iron claws and pieces of earthenware, and thus achieved their  martyrdom." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Januarius and Pelagia 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 MAY Saints celebrated on the 4th of May SAINT PELAGIA, MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Pelagia. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Tarsus, Saint Pelagia, virgin, who endured martyrdom under Diocletian by being shut up within a red-hot brazen ox." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Pelagia 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 OCTOBER   Saints celebrated on the 8th of October 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 ...