SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of November SAINTS ZACHARY AND ELIZABETH, PARENTS OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST Today, we also commemorate Saints Zachary and Elizabeth . The Roman Martyrology states:  "Saint Zachary, priest and prophet, father of blessed John the Baptist ." "Also, Saint Elizabeth, mother of the same most holy precursor." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Zachary and Elizabeth 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 JUNE Saints celebrated on the 10th of June SAINT ZACHARY, MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Zachary. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Nicomedia, Saint Zachary, martyr." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Zachary 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 26th of May SAINT ZACHARY, BISHOP OF VIENNE, MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Zachary. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Vienne, Saint Zachary, bishop and martyr, who suffered under Trajan." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Zachary 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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 23rd of September 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 li...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 15th of March WELCOME!   SAINT ZACHARY, POPE AND CONFESSOR ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Saint Zachary succeeded Gregory III in 741, and was a man of singular meekness and goodness; and so far from any thought of revenge, that he heaped benefits on those who had persecuted him before his promotion to the pontificate.  He loved the clergy and people of Rome to that degree, that he hazarded his life for them on occasion of the troubles which Italy fell into by the rebellion of the dukes of Spoleto and Benevento against King Luitprand.  THE KING RETURNED THE TERRITORIES TO THE CHURCH Out of respect to his sanctity and dignity, that king restored to the church of Rome all the places which belonged to it, Ameria, Horta, Narni, Ossimo, Ancona, and the whole territory of Sabina, and sent back the captives without ransom. The Lombards were moved to tears at the devotion with which they heard him perform the divine service....