Friday, November 01, 2019

For All Saints Day, read about the Saints to enhance your own faith

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Wishing you a blessed All Saints Day!

"I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands: And they cried with a loud voice, saying: 'Salvation to our God, who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb.'" 
~The Apocalypse of Saint John 7:9-10 

May all the saints pray for us who yet labor here on earth! 

The Litany of the Saints: 

Lord, have mercy. 
Christ, have mercy. 
Lord, have mercy. 
Christ, hear us. 
Christ, graciously hear us. 

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us. 
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. 
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. 
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us. 

Holy Mary, pray for us. 
Holy Mother of God, pray for us. 
Holy Virgin of virgins, pray for us. 

St. Michael, pray for us. 
St. Gabriel, pray for us. 
St. Raphael, pray for us. 
All you holy Angels and Archangels, pray for us. 
All you holy orders of blessed Spirits, pray for us. 

St. John the Baptist, pray for us. 
St. Joseph, pray for us. 
All you holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for us. 

St. Peter, pray for us. 
St. Paul, pray for us. 
St. Andrew, pray for us. 
St. James, pray for us. 
St. John, pray for us. 
St. Thomas, pray for us. 
St. James, pray for us. 
St. Philip, pray for us. 
St. Bartholomew, pray for us. 
St. Matthew, pray for us. 
St. Simon, pray for us. 
St. Thaddeus, pray for us. 
St. Matthias, pray for us. 
St. Barnabas, pray for us. 
St. Luke, pray for us. 
St. Mark, pray for us. 
All you holy Apostles and Evangelists, pray for us.... 

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There are few better ways to enhance and encourage our own faith than by reading of the great words and works of those saints of Jesus Christ who have gone before us. A great collection of over three dozen historical novels on the lives of the saints may be found at the Young Catholic's Bookshelf site here.

If all those books are too overwhelming for you, check out I Am A Christian: Authentic Accounts of Christian Martyrdom and Persecution from the Ancient Sources. This book provides the most ancient accounts of Christian martyrdom to have survived antiquity and, as such, offers a glimpse into how the earliest followers of Christ put their faith into action.

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