SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 6th of July SAINT LUCIA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Lucia and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "The same day, Saint Lucia, martyr, a native of Campania. Being arrested and severely tortured by the lieutenant-governor Rictiovarus, she converted him to Christ. To them were added Antoninus, Severinus, Diodorus, Dion, and seventeen others, who shared their sufferings and their crowns." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Lucia 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 AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 7th of August WELCOME! THE MARTYRS OF COMO  During the persecutions of Maximian, some soldiers of his imperial army had become Christians. When the emperor heard that Carpophorus, Fidelis and Exanthus had become Christians and did desert the army, he asked his most faithful soldiers to find, torture and kill them.  THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS The soldiers came to Silvula where Carpophorus and Exanthus hid. They summoned them to offer sacrifice, otherwise they would be tortured and killed. Carpophorus replied that this is the place where they will rest and that they reject sacrificing. They are ready to suffer and die to earn eternal life, he said, while the persecutors will die and burn forever. THEY WERE BEATEN WITH STICKS BECAUSE OF THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH To make them change their minds, the persecutors severely beat them with sticks, threatening them with further tortures.  The saints exhorted them to con...