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Saint for the Day - October 12 - St. Wilfrid
"A quick walker, expert
at all good works, with never a sour face"—such was
the great St. Wilfrid, whose glory it was to secure
the happy links which bound England to Rome. He was
born about the year 634, and was trained by the
Celtic monks at Lindisfarne in the peculiar rites
and usages of the British Church. Yet even as a boy
Wilfrid longed for perfect conformity in discipline,
as in doctrine, with the Holy See, and at the first
chance set off himself for Rome.
On his return he founded at Ripon a strictly Roman
monastery, under the rule of St. Benedict. In the
year 664 he was elected Bishop of Lindisfarne, and
five years later was transferred to the see of York.
He had to combat the passions of wicked kings, the
cowardice of worldly prelates, the errors of holy
men. He was twice exiled and once imprisoned; yet
the battle which he fought was won. He swept away
the abuses of many years and a too national system,
and substituted instead a vigorous Catholic
discipline, modelled and dependent on Rome. He died
October 12, 709, and at his death was heard the
sweet melody of the angels conducting his soul to
Christ.
Saint for the Day - St. Wilfrid
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Daily Reflection
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To look towards Rome is an
instinct planted in us for the
preservation of the Faith. Trust
in the Vicar of Christ
necessarily results from the
reign of His love in our hearts. |
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