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    From rich@1:396/4 to All on Sun Oct 11 09:28:50 2020
    From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

    12 October ' St Edwin of Northumbria

    (586-633)
    King and Martyr. Name Meaning: =E2=80=A2 valuable friend (teutonic) =E2=80= =A2 wealthy
    friend (old english). (Born 586 at Deira, South Northumbria, England
    ' 633 in battle with pagan Welsh and Mercians at Hatfield Chase,
    England, he is considered a Martyr.) His relics are at Whitby in North Yorkshire and his head is in Saint Peter's Church, York, North
    Yorkshire. Patronages ' =E2=80=A2 converts, =E2=80=A2 hoboes, tramp=
    s, homeless peopl,
    =E2=80=A2 kings, =E2=80=A2 large families.

    Edwin, born in 586, was a prince of the Royal family of Deira in
    England. His father, King Aelle, was deposed and Edwin was forced to
    flee and was raised in exile.

    Once, Edwin, a pagan, met a stranger who predicted the restoration of
    his kingdom if he would promise to do whatever would be taught him
    regarding his own salvation. Edwin promised and the stranger, laying
    his hand upon his head, bade him remember that sign. Shortly after
    that incident, due to diverse political and military circumstances
    Edwin recovered the Kingdom of Deira and afterward became King of all Northumbria, one of the seven parts into which England was divided at
    that time.

    When his first wife died, he married the Catholic Princess Ethelburga,
    daughter of the King of Kent. He agreed that she should be allowed to
    practice her religion and promised to study the truths of the Catholic
    Faith. He also welcomed to his court St Paulinus, Archbishop of York
    and chaplain of the Queen, who began to exercise influence over him.
    An attempt on Edwin's life was made but he was saved by a minister =
    who
    took the dagger blow directed against him. The same night his wife
    gave birth to a daughter, Enflaed. That child became the first
    Catholic baptised in his kingdom.

    Touched by these two things, Edwin promised to convert if he would win
    the war against the King of the West Saxons. He conquered this King on
    the battlefield and stopped worshiping idols and began to take
    instruction from St Paulinus. To encourage him, Pope Boniface V sent a
    letter and gifts but Edwin remained pagan. St Paulinus continued to
    teach him, but the King did not convert.

    One day, the Archbishop approached the King, laid his hand on his head
    and asked him if he remembered that sign. Edwin recalled the stranger
    from time past; quite moved he repented of his former life, converted
    and was baptised on Easter 627. He became an exemplary Catholic and an
    apostle of his people. He also helped the Catholic Faith to be spread
    in other Kingdoms of the English Heptarchy.

    Penda, a powerful pagan King of Mercia, in alliance with the Welsh
    Prince Cadwallon invaded Northumbria. At the battle of Hatfield Chase,
    on October 12, 633, they defeated and killed St Edwin, which was their intention. Edwin is considered a Martyr for the Faith.

    from Anastpaul 2017


    Saint Quote:
    "For, what our fathers have delivered, this is truly doctrine; and
    this is truly the token of doctors, to confess the same thing with
    each other, and to vary neither from themselves nor from their
    fathers...Thus the Greeks, as not witnessing to the same doctrines,
    but quarreling one with another, have no truth of teaching; but the
    holy and veritable heralds of truth agree together, and do not differ
    preaching the same Word harmoniously"
    --St. Athanasius (AD 296-373)

    Bible Quote:
    Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you
    have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle. (2 Thessalonians
    2:14)


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    What Can I Say, Merciful Lady?
    St Anselm (1033-1109)

    My most merciful Lady,
    what can I say about the fountains
    that flowed from your most pure eyes
    when you saw your only Son before you,
    bound, beaten and hurt?
    What do I know of the flood
    that drenched your matchless face,
    when you beheld your Son, your Lord
    and your God,
    stretched on the cross without guilt,
    when the flesh of your flesh
    was cruelly butchered by wicked me?
    How can I judge what sobs
    troubled your most pure breast
    when you heard,
    =E2=80=9CWoman, behold your son,=E2=80=9D
    and the disciple,
    =E2=80=9CBehold, your Mother,=E2=80=9D
    when you received as a son
    the disciple in place of the Master,
    the servant for the Lord?
    Amen
    --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2
    * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4)