SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 24th of May WELCOME! SAINT SERVULUS OF TRIESTE, MARTYR Saint Servulus was a martyr in Istria. Born in Trieste, he initially went into the wilderness. There he miraculously killed a great serpent by the Sign of the Cross. In the end, he died the death of beheading. There is no other reliable information about him. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Servulus 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 23rd of December WELCOME! SAINT SERVULUS OF ROME, CONFESSOR In Saint Servulus was exemplified what our divine Redeemer has taught us of Lazarus, the poor man full of sores, who lay before the gate of the rich man’s house.  Servulus was a 6th century beggar, and had been afflicted with the palsy from his infancy; so that he was never able to stand, sit upright, lift his hand to his mouth, or turn himself from one side to another.  His mother and brother carried him into the porch of St Clement’s church at Rome, where he lived on the alms of those that passed by.  THEY CARRIED HIM TO ST CLEMENT'S CHURCH Whatever he could spare from his own subsistence he distributed among other needy persons.  The sufferings and humiliation of his condition were a means of which he made the most excellent use for the sanctification of his own soul, by the constant exercise of humility patience, meekness, resignation, and...