May the Martyr Saint Boniface be our advocate 5th June 2014

Monk Saint Mass

Memorial of St. Boniface, bishop and martyr

Daily Readings for:June 05, 2014
(Readings on USCCB website)

Collect: May the Martyr Saint Boniface be our advocate, O Lord, that we may firmly hold the faith he taught with his lips and sealed in his blood and confidently profess it by our deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

PRAYERS

• June Devotion: The Sacred Heart
• Litany of Saint Boniface

LIBRARY

• Ecclesiae Fastos (On St. Boniface) | Pope Pius XII
• In Hac Tanta (On St. Boniface) | Pope Benedict XV
• Saint Boniface, the Apostle of the Germans | Pope Benedict XVI

St. Boniface, a monk of Exeter in England, is one of the great figures of the Benedictine Order and of the monastic apostolate in the Middle Ages. Gregory II sent him to preach the Gospel in Germany. He evangelized Hesse, Saxony and Thuringia and became Archbishop of Mainz. He well earned the title of Apostle of Germany, and Catholic Germany in our own times still venerates him as its father in the faith. He was put to death by the Frisians at Dokkum in 754 during the last of his missionary journeys. The famous abbey of Fulda, where his body lies, has remained the national shrine of Catholic Germany.