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Like yesterday's St. Margaret, Elizabeth was a loving wife and mother. The circumstances of her betrothal and marriage differ greatly from Margaret's but her life isn't all that different. She too was particularly concerned about the poor, something her husband's family despised her for. The famous tale about this is that once, as she was taking bread from the castle to the village she met her husband and his hunting party on the way. They demanded to know what was in the basket--and as these wonderful tales go, when she showed them, they saw roses. He husband died on the way to the Crussdes and she became a Franciscan tertiary. She is the patron of bakers, the homeless, widows, charities and nursing. St. Elizabeth, pray for us.
Our first saint is St. Gertrude, often called "the Great" ( the only woman who is so designed). She was born in 1256 and was sent to the Cistercian monastery school--where she remained for the rest of her life--at 4 years old. She began receiving a series of visions of Jesus about the age of 25. She is known for her devotion to the souls in purgatory, and to the poor and the dying. St. Margaret of Scotland is going to sound a bit like tomorrow's saint. She is credited with civilizing her Scottish husband, with establishing shrines and churches, including a ferry to take people to St. Andrew's shrine, and with generally encouraging piety at a time (12 century) when paganism was still established. She is the mother of 4 Scottish kings, and 8 children in all. Saints Margaret and Gertrude, pray for us!
St. Albert was a Dominican bishop who wrote, taught and preached across Germany and eventually in Paris, where one of his students was Thomas Aquinas. Albert's writings on Aristotle and the natural world helped set up Aquinas for his own great writings. One of Albert's nicknames was "Boots the Bishop " because in his humility he walked across his diocese rather than riding a horse. He is the patron of scientists and philosophers. St. Albert, pray for us.
Like yesterday's St. Margaret, Elizabeth was a loving wife and mother. The circumstances of her betrothal and marriage differ greatly from Margaret's but her life isn't all that different. She too was particularly concerned about the poor, something her husband's family despised her for. The famous tale about this is that once, as she was taking bread from the castle to the village she met her husband and his hunting party on the way. They demanded to know what was in the basket--and as these wonderful tales go, when she showed them, they saw roses. He husband died on the way to the Crussdes and she became a Franciscan tertiary. She is the patron of bakers, the homeless, widows, charities and nursing. St. Elizabeth, pray for us.
Our first saint is St. Gertrude, often called "the Great" ( the only woman who is so designed). She was born in 1256 and was sent to the Cistercian monastery school--where she remained for the rest of her life--at 4 years old. She began receiving a series of visions of Jesus about the age of 25. She is known for her devotion to the souls in purgatory, and to the poor and the dying. St. Margaret of Scotland is going to sound a bit like tomorrow's saint. She is credited with civilizing her Scottish husband, with establishing shrines and churches, including a ferry to take people to St. Andrew's shrine, and with generally encouraging piety at a time (12 century) when paganism was still established. She is the mother of 4 Scottish kings, and 8 children in all. Saints Margaret and Gertrude, pray for us!
St. Albert was a Dominican bishop who wrote, taught and preached across Germany and eventually in Paris, where one of his students was Thomas Aquinas. Albert's writings on Aristotle and the natural world helped set up Aquinas for his own great writings. One of Albert's nicknames was "Boots the Bishop " because in his humility he walked across his diocese rather than riding a horse. He is the patron of scientists and philosophers. St. Albert, pray for us.
