SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 2nd of December SAINT PONTIAN AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Pontian and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "Also, at Rome, Saint Pontian, martyr, with four others." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Pontian 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 11th of December 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of November   WELCOME!   SAINT PONTIAN, POPE AND MARTYR  ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index The Liberian Calendar informs us that this pope sat five years from the death of St Urban, in 230, the church then enjoying peace in the reign of Alexander Severus. A BLOODY PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS But Maximinus, who, by contriving the assassination of the best of the Roman emperors, in May, 235, opened to himself a way to the imperial throne, began his reign by raising a bloody persecution. He was by birth a barbarian, a native of Thrace, and of a gigantic stature: for his cruelty towards all men he is surnamed Busiris, Typhon, and Phalaris, and was a monster of gluttony.  THE HARDSHIPS OF HIS EXILE Saint Pontian was banished by him in the beginning of his reign into the isle of Sardinia, where he died the same year, if not by the sword, at least by the hardships of his exile and the unhealthfulness of the air.  Source: Fr Butler's

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 13th of August WELCOME! SAINT PONTIAN, POPE AND MARTYR, AND SAINT HIPPOLYTUS, PRIEST AND MARTYR St Hippolytus and St Afra ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Saint Pontian became bishop of Rome in 231. During the persecution of Emperor Maximus, he was exiled to Sardinia, along with Saint Hippolytus. He resigned the papacy, so that the Church might have an active leader. They both died in Sardinia. Hippolytus is buried in the cemetery on the via Tiburtina, and Pontian in the catacombs of Callistus. PRAYER: Lord, may the loyal suffering of your saints, Pontian and Hippolytus, fill us with your love and make our hearts steadfast in faith. 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.