Lord our God, you brought the Picts and Britons to acknowledge
of the faith through the teaching of Saint Ninian, the bishop: in your
goodness, listen to our prayers: grant that we who have received from him the
light of your truth may remain strong in faith and active in works of charity.
“Saint Ninian,
whose feast we celebrate today, was himself unafraid to be a lone voice. In the
footsteps of the disciples whom our Lord sent forth before him, Ninian was one
of the very first Catholic missionaries to bring his fellow Britons the good
news of Jesus Christ. His mission church in Galloway became a centre for the
first evangelization of this country.” (Pope Benedict XVI, September 16, 2010, Glasgow, Scotland)
Let us remember the Holy Father and the people of Scotland today. May the saints of Scotland intercede for them before the Throne of Grace.