Sts. Charles Lwanga and Companions
Patron of African youth
As gold in the furnace, the Lord put his chosen to the test.
Feast
Sts. Charles Lwanga and Companions, martyrs
O God, who have made the blood of Martyrs
the seed of Christians,
mercifully grant that the field which is your Church, watered by the blood
shed by Saints Charles Lwanga and his companions,
may be fertile and always yield you an abundant harvest. 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.