Today the Church honors and remembers St. Cuthbert. Cuthbert was born in the north of England around the year 625. He was an Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop and hermit associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of Northumbria, which at that time included northern England as well as south-eastern Scotland as far as the Firth of Forth.
Cuthbert is regarded as one of the most important medieval saints of England.
As a young man, Cuthbert was working as a shepherd in Lauderdale; he had a vision of the soul of Aidan being carried to heaven by angels. After experiencing this, Cuthbert became a monk at the monastery of Old Melrose.
Cuthbert’s was well regarded for his fame for piety, diligence, and obedience. When Alchfrith, king of Deira, founded a new monastery at Ripon, Cuthbert became its visitors' host.
Cuthbert then returned to Melrose, and at the prior’s death, Cuthbert became prior of the monastery. He spent much time among the people, ministering to their spiritual needs, carrying out missionary journeys, preaching, and performing miracles. While at Melrose, Cuthbert’s asceticism was complemented by his charm and generosity to the poor, and his reputation for gifts of healing and insight led many people to consult him, gaining him the name of “Wonder Worker of Britain.” He continued his missionary work, travelling the breadth of the country from Berwick to Galloway to carry out pastoral work and founding an oratory at Dull, Scotland complete with a large stone cross, and a little cell for himself, at a site which subsequently became a monastery then later the University of St Andrews.
In 684, Cuthbert was elected bishop of Lindisfarne where Aidan had served as bishop from 635 to 651. However, Cuthbert was reluctant to give up retirement. After he was visited by a large group, including king Ecgfrith, Cuthbert agreed to assume the duties of being a bishop. He was consecrated at York by Archbishop Theodore and six other bishops. He died just a few years later in 687, and was buried at Lindisfarne. Later, his remains were taken to Durham Cathedral.
Let us pray: Everliving God, you called your servants Aidan and Cuthbert to proclaim the Gospel in northern England and gave them loving hearts and gentle spirits: Grant us grace to live as they did, in simplicity, humility and love for the poor; through Jesus Christ, who came among us as one who serves, and who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
TREES FOR GALVESTON
The Galveston Island Tree Conservancy’s 2011/12 NeighborWoods Project has been chosen as one of 20 finalists for Tom’s of Maine 50 States for Good Community Sponsorship. We have the opportunity to win a share of $150,000 to fund next year’s NeighborWoods in Galveston, Texas, but we need your on-line vote to help us win one of five $20,000 sponsorships or one $50,000 sponsorship. To find out more about NeighborWoods please visit www.galvestonislandtreeconservancy.org.
To vote, please go to www.50statesforgood.com, click on Vote Now and vote for The Galveston Island Tree Conservancy. Help us plant 700 trees in Galveston Island Neighborhoods in 2011/12!
Top twenty (20) applications will be posted on www.50statesforgood.com, and the public will be encouraged to vote from Tuesday, 2 August 2011 to Tuesday, 13 September 2011. Visitors can vote once (1) per day. Project voting standings will be displayed on www.50statesforgood.com and will be public until the last week of voting, on or about 6 September 2011. At the completion of the final voting phase, the 6 projects with the highest vote totals will be declared as the selected projects to receive funding, as determined by the consumer vote.
PRAYER MINISTRY
Please remember everyone on our Prayer List, and we especially pray for those addicted to drugs and/or alcohol; shut-ins; anyone suffering from depression of anxiety of any kind; those suffering from the extreme heat, all of those who are traveling; those suffering any kind of adversity; for families; and for all those looking for work. “The things we really need come to us only as gifts, and in order to receive them as gifts we have to be open. In order to be open we have to renounce ourselves, in a sense we have to die to our image of ourselves, our autonomy, our fixation upon our self-willed identity.” —Thomas Merton
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
Cuthbert is regarded as one of the most important medieval saints of England.
As a young man, Cuthbert was working as a shepherd in Lauderdale; he had a vision of the soul of Aidan being carried to heaven by angels. After experiencing this, Cuthbert became a monk at the monastery of Old Melrose.
Cuthbert’s was well regarded for his fame for piety, diligence, and obedience. When Alchfrith, king of Deira, founded a new monastery at Ripon, Cuthbert became its visitors' host.
Cuthbert then returned to Melrose, and at the prior’s death, Cuthbert became prior of the monastery. He spent much time among the people, ministering to their spiritual needs, carrying out missionary journeys, preaching, and performing miracles. While at Melrose, Cuthbert’s asceticism was complemented by his charm and generosity to the poor, and his reputation for gifts of healing and insight led many people to consult him, gaining him the name of “Wonder Worker of Britain.” He continued his missionary work, travelling the breadth of the country from Berwick to Galloway to carry out pastoral work and founding an oratory at Dull, Scotland complete with a large stone cross, and a little cell for himself, at a site which subsequently became a monastery then later the University of St Andrews.
In 684, Cuthbert was elected bishop of Lindisfarne where Aidan had served as bishop from 635 to 651. However, Cuthbert was reluctant to give up retirement. After he was visited by a large group, including king Ecgfrith, Cuthbert agreed to assume the duties of being a bishop. He was consecrated at York by Archbishop Theodore and six other bishops. He died just a few years later in 687, and was buried at Lindisfarne. Later, his remains were taken to Durham Cathedral.
Let us pray: Everliving God, you called your servants Aidan and Cuthbert to proclaim the Gospel in northern England and gave them loving hearts and gentle spirits: Grant us grace to live as they did, in simplicity, humility and love for the poor; through Jesus Christ, who came among us as one who serves, and who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
TREES FOR GALVESTON
The Galveston Island Tree Conservancy’s 2011/12 NeighborWoods Project has been chosen as one of 20 finalists for Tom’s of Maine 50 States for Good Community Sponsorship. We have the opportunity to win a share of $150,000 to fund next year’s NeighborWoods in Galveston, Texas, but we need your on-line vote to help us win one of five $20,000 sponsorships or one $50,000 sponsorship. To find out more about NeighborWoods please visit www.galvestonislandtreeconservancy.org.
To vote, please go to www.50statesforgood.com, click on Vote Now and vote for The Galveston Island Tree Conservancy. Help us plant 700 trees in Galveston Island Neighborhoods in 2011/12!
Top twenty (20) applications will be posted on www.50statesforgood.com, and the public will be encouraged to vote from Tuesday, 2 August 2011 to Tuesday, 13 September 2011. Visitors can vote once (1) per day. Project voting standings will be displayed on www.50statesforgood.com and will be public until the last week of voting, on or about 6 September 2011. At the completion of the final voting phase, the 6 projects with the highest vote totals will be declared as the selected projects to receive funding, as determined by the consumer vote.
PRAYER MINISTRY
Please remember everyone on our Prayer List, and we especially pray for those addicted to drugs and/or alcohol; shut-ins; anyone suffering from depression of anxiety of any kind; those suffering from the extreme heat, all of those who are traveling; those suffering any kind of adversity; for families; and for all those looking for work. “The things we really need come to us only as gifts, and in order to receive them as gifts we have to be open. In order to be open we have to renounce ourselves, in a sense we have to die to our image of ourselves, our autonomy, our fixation upon our self-willed identity.” —Thomas Merton
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
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