 Come, today, and listen to his voice: do not harden your hearts. |
He was born in Roman Britain around the end of the 4th century, and died in Ireland about the middle of the 5th century. As a missionary bishop, he endured many hardships and faced opposition even from his friends and fellow Christians. Nevertheless, he worked hard to conciliate, to evangelize, and to educate local chieftains and their families. He is remembered for his simplicity and pastoral care, for his humble trust in God, and for his fearless preaching of the gospel to the very people who had enslaved him in his youth. See the articles in
Wikipedia and the
Catholic Encyclopaedia.
| Mid-morning reading (Terce) | Ezekiel 18:30-32 © |
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Repent, renounce all your sins, avoid all occasions of sin! Shake off all the sins you have committed against me, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why are you so anxious to die, House of Israel? I take no pleasure in the death of anyone – it is the Lord who speaks. Repent and live!
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| Noon reading (Sext) | Zechariah 1:3-4 © |
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Return to me, says the Lord of Hosts, and I will return to you. Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the prophets in the past cried ‘Turn back from your evil ways and evil deeds’ but they would not listen.
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| Afternoon reading (None) | Daniel 4:24 © |
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By virtuous actions break with your sins, break with your crimes by showing mercy to the poor, and so live long and peacefully.
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