Monday, 31 July 2023

THE FEAST DAY OF SAINTS CRISPIN AND CRISPINIAN

 

25th October is the feast day

Of Crispin and Crispinian

Although now removed

From the Universal Liturgical calendar

Of the Roman Catholic Church

The Sainted Twins

Are still commemorated

On that day in the Roman Martyrology

And the feast remains as a

"Black Letter Saints' Day"

In the calendar of the Anglican

Book of Common Prayer

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

ARCHANGEL MICHAEL

 

Archangel Michael

Lucifer’s nemesis

Angelic warrior

In the war in heaven

Protector against

The dark of night

MICHAELMAS DAY

 

Feast of the Archangels

As the autumn equinox nears

Michaelmas marks the turning

Of the husbandman's year

MICHAELMAS DAISY

 

Lovely Miss Aster,

My flower girl Maisie

My natural beauty

I love her like crazy

My own precious

Michaelmas Daisy

Saturday, 20 May 2023

ST SWITHIN AND QUEEN EMMA'S ORDEAL

 

Before the Norman Conquests

Princess Emma of Normandy

Became Queen Emma of England

Wife to King Æthelred the Unready

And then to Canute the Great of Denmark

She was falsely accused of adultery

But the night before her ordeal by fire

As she slept in Wargrave uneasily

Saint Swithun appeared in a dream

To tell her she would be set free

ST SWITHIN AND THE WINCHESTER EGG WOMAN

 

An old lady's eggs had been smashed

On the new stone bridge by workmen

Swithin picked the broken eggs up and

They miraculously became whole again

Thursday, 4 May 2023

THE FEAST DAY OF SAINT COLUMBA

 

The feast day of Saint Columba

Is an Irish National Day

When the Irish people

Celebrate Saint Columba's Day

 

AIDAN OF LINDISFARNE

  Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne Was an Irish missionary monk Who was credited in the 6th Century Of converting the Anglo-Saxons To Chri...