Saint Angelo of Acri and 2 More Saints | Saint of the Day – October 30

Today, October 30, the Church celebrates 3 saints — discover their stories of faith, courage and sacrifice. From Saint Angelo of Acri, Roman Martyrology to County Limerick — lives that still inspire today. 0:00 Saint Angelo of Acri — A young man stands once again at the door of a Capuchin friary in southern Italy. He has already walked out of the novitiate twice. 7:22 Saint Angelo of Acri — After his profession, Friar Angelo had a simple wish. He wanted to remain a lay brother, without ordination, serving quietly among his brothers. 14:02 Saint Angelo of Acri — Friar Angelo's preaching did not stop at personal sin. With a frankness that biographers compare to Friar Cristoforo, the courageous Capuchin in Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed, he denounced the abuses of… 21:23 Saint Marcellus of Tangier — On this same day, but going back more than thirteen centuries, the Roman Martyrology also commemorates a… He was a Christian officer in the Roman army, executed around the year 298 in Tingis, today Tangier, in Morocco, then the capital of the Roman province of… 23:26 Blessed Terence Albert O'Brien — And in a very different world, in seventeenth-century Ireland, the Church also remembers today a bishop who… He was born around 1600 in Cappamore, County Limerick, into a family of the Gaelic nobility, the O'Briens of Arra. Ask for these saints' intercession in the comments and share this video with anyone who might need to hear this message today — every share is an act of evangelization. Subscribe to Saint of the Day to meet a new saint every day. 🙏 Prayers of the Day 1. Saint Angelo of Acri Saint Angelo of Acri, humble preacher and Angel of Peace, who never gave up on your vocation and spoke the Gospel simply to the poor, intercede for us. Help us to begin again after every failure, to forgive, and to follow Christ crucified. Saint Angelo of Acri, pray for us. 2. Roman Martyrology Saint Marcellus the Centurion, faithful soldier of Christ the eternal King, who preferred to lay down your sword rather than deny your faith, give us courage to remain true to Jesus before all the world. Saint Marcellus, pray for us. 3. County Limerick Blessed Terence Albert O'Brien, shepherd who stayed with your flock in hunger and plague, and died forgiving your persecutors, intercede for Ireland, for bishops and for all who suffer for the faith. Blessed Terence Albert, pray for us.