I believe in Christmas Angels
And I believe they are always near
Just
like they were at Bethlehem
Appearing
upon a midnight clear
Friday, 14 February 2025
I BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS ANGELS
Saturday, 14 December 2024
CHRISTMAS IS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Christmas is for friends and family,
But by no means exclusively
After all the Three Wise Men
Were strangers in Bethlehem
Saturday, 21 September 2024
SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE
Andrew the Apostle
Also known as Saint
Andrew
Was brother of
Saint Peter
Born in the
village of Bethsaida
On the Sea of
Galilee.
Where they were
fishermen
Until Jesus called
them
To be fishers of
men
He was martyred by
crucifixion
At the city of
Patras in Achaea,
On an X-shaped
cross, or “saltire”
Commonly known as
Saint Andrew's
Cross
SAINT COLUMBA THE IRISH ABBOT
Irish Abbot, Saint Columba,
Born 521 AD in
Gartan
Who spread Christianity
As a missionary to
Scotland
Founding an Abbey
on Iona
Which dominated the
region
Politically for
centuries
He died at the
Abbey in 597 AD
His feast day is
December 7th
SAINT DAVID OF CEREDIGION
Saint David was a scion
Of the royal house
of Ceredigion,
Born at the end of
the 5th century.
David founded a monastic
community
At the Vale of
Roses in Pembrokeshire
Where St David's
Cathedral stands
A Welsh Bishop of
Menevia
He died on the 1st
of March in 588
His feast day is March
1st
SAINT PATRICK WAS AN ENGLISHMAN
Patrick was an Englishman
Who was captured from
his home
And taken as a
slave to Ireland
By Irish Pirates when
he was 16
After six years of
slavery
He escaped and
returned home
After becoming a
cleric,
He returned to the
north
And west of
Ireland.
In later life, he
was ordained Bishop
His feast day is March
17th
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY COMMEMORATES
Saint Patrick's Day commemorates
Saint Patrick himself
and
The arrival of
Christianity in Ireland
With the Feast of
Saint Patrick
His feast day is March
17th
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