12TH MARCH 2003 ST.CUTHBERT
BISHOP CONFESSOR (C.635--687) LIFE: This famous English saint was a native of Northumbria(England),Orphaned at an early age. Shepherd.and as a young man , had to help defend his country against the attack of King Penda of Mercia. Received a vision of Saint Aidan entering heaven; it led him to become a Benedictine monk at age 17 at the monastery of Melrose, which had been founded by Saint Aidan. Spiritual student of Saint Boswell. Prior of Melrose in 664. Due to a dispute over liturgical practice, Cuthbert and other monks abandoned Melrose for Lindisfarne. Worked with Saint Eata. Prior and then abbot of Lindesfarne until 676. Hermit on the Farnes Islands. Bishop of Hexham. Bishop of Lindesfarne in 685. Friend of Saint Ebbe the Elder. Worked with plague victims in 685. Noted (miraculous) healer. Had the gift of prophecy. Evangelist in his diocese, often to the discomfort of local authorities both secular and ecclesiastical. Presided over his abbey and his diocese during the time when Roman rites were supplanting the Celtic, and all the churches in the British Isles were brought under a single authority. The shrine of this Wonder worker of England in Durham cathedral was most frequent pilgrimage centre of pre-Reformation England, and 400 years after his death his body was found to be still incorrupt.His relics r among the very few which escaped being destroyed or lost under Henry VIII. Patronage against plague, boatmen, diocese of Hexham and Newcastle England, Durham England, England, mariners, Northumbria England, plague, plague epidemics, sailors, shepherds, watermen REFLECTION: Patience is the root and guardian of all the virtues..St.Gregory the Great. **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer & die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND --------------------------------- With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs =============================================================================== This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===============================================================================
