(Feast Day ~ October 16) How often, in the history of the Christian Church, have great things resulted from unlikely beginnings? Since the Resurrection, when the instrument of death – the Cross – became the symbol of our salvation, there have been many times when a humble beginning or an apparent failure has brought about […]
Our Lady of Walsingham
(Feast Day ~ October 15) On the Western Rite calendar, we observe the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham on October 15, celebrating a vision of our Lady to a widow, Lady Richeldis de Faverches in the year 1061. (While this date is past the year 1054, which technically serves as the date for the […]
St. Cosmas the Melodist
(Feast Day ~ October 14) Prayers of Christians in every age have been offered for peace and tranquility, for life free from strife and danger. But when Christians have been faced with danger or oppression, the faithful have remembered Christ’s promise: “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world” and […]
St. Callistus, Bishop and Martyr
(Feast Day ~ October 14) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. [Galatians 3:28] Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I say […]
St. Edward the Confessor
(Feast Day ~ October 13) In the last years that English Christians were part of the undivided Church, before the schism which separated West from East, the country was ruled by a devout and holy king, Edward, “the Confessor.” Edward was born in 1003, the son of King Ethelred (the “Unready”). He spent many years […]
St. Jacob of Hamatoura
Feast Day ~ October 13 Since the birth of Christ our God as a human child, there have been those who wanted to eliminate Him, His message of love and forgiveness, and the salvation which He brought to those who follow Him: Herod’s soldiers slaughtered many innocent children but Christ was spared by a flight […]
St. Edwin
(Feast Day ~ October 12) In its long history of monarchy, England has often suffered through the reigns of weak, immoral, and even wicked rulers. But it has also been blessed with some rulers whose exemplary lives gave their subjects much more than the expected prosperous economy and prestige among the nations of the world. […]
St. Wilfrid of York, Bishop & Confessor
Feast Day ~ October 12 Not every saint of the Church has been universally loved. Many have had enemies – even other Christians – who opposed them for some reason, who did not share their ideas for missionary work or monastic practices, or any number of other things. We have to remember that what is […]
St. Kenneth (Cainnech)
Feast Day ~ October 11 The small nation of Ireland has produced numerous saints who enrich the Church with the examples of their holy lives and with their intercessions in Heaven. One of these saints, Kenneth, is known to us through the writings of Adomnan, a seventh century abbot of Iona, as well as through […]
St. Paulinus of York
(Feast Day ~ October 10) After the initial success of St. Gregory the Great’s mission to Britain, when St. Augustine and his fellow monks had baptized King Ethelbert and begun the conversion of his people, a second group of missionary monks was sent to assist. Abbot Melitus and monks Justus, Rufianus, and Paulinus arrived in […]
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