Joe Versus the Volcano: St Boniface (Wynfrith)

Wednesday, 3 June 2009

St Boniface (Wynfrith)

June 5^th is the feast of St Boniface, Apostle of the Germans.

Winfrid (or Wynfrith) was born into a noble family in Crediton in the English county of Devon in the 670s. From an early age he was inspired by the ideals of the missionary monks whom he encountered – men who exercised a type of monasticism which in many ways anticipated the charism of the mediaeval friars.

2 comments:

Paul said...: Hey, Mark, just discovered your blog. It's really, really good. Well done and thank you. Hope you don't mind, but I've blogged about your blog. Paul; 4 June 2009 21:44
Mark said...: Thanks for your kind comment, and for writing about my blog on your own, which I'm very glad to have discovered. I see that you're due to be ordained to the priesthood in just over a month's time; I shall keep you in my prayers.; 5 June 2009 10:08

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Cyril of Alexandria

"After Christ had completed his mission on earth, it still remained necessary for us to become sharers in the divine nature of the Word. We had to give up our own life and be so transformed that we would begin to live an entirely new kind of life that would be pleasing to God. This was something we could do only by sharing in the Holy Spirit....When the time came for Christ to ascend to his heavenly Father, it was necessary for him to be united through his Spirit to those who worshipped him, and to dwell in our hearts through faith."

Basil of Caesarea

"Just as when a sunbeam falls on bright and transparent bodies, they themselves become brilliant too, and shed forth a fresh brightness from themselves, so souls wherein the Spirit dwells, illuminated by the Spirit, themselves become spiritual, and send forth their grace to others. Hence comes foreknowledge of the future, understanding of mysteries, apprehension of what is hidden, distribution of good gifts, the heavenly citizenship, a place in the chorus of angels, joy without end, abiding in God, the being made like to God, and, highest of all, the being made God."

Benedict of Nursia

"We believe that the divine presence is everywhere and that ‘the eyes of the Lord are looking on the good and the evil in every place’. But we should believe this especially without any doubt when we are assisting at the Work of God. To that end let us be mindful always of the Prophet's words ‘Serve the Lord in fear’, and again, ‘Sing praises wisely’, and ‘In the sight of the Angels I will sing praise to Thee’. Let us therefore consider how we ought to conduct ourselves in the sight of the Godhead and of His Angels, and let us take part in the psalmody in such a way that our mind may be in harmony with our voice."