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1. St Brigid (452-524) Mary of the Gael |
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According to the author of the Leabhar Breac, Brigid was such a wonder-worker that her soul must be a blazing sun lighting up the heavenly city. Here Patrick Duffy presents an edited version of the Life of Brigid as told in the Leabhar Breac: it reflects the mentality of the people who found Brigid an inspiration and honoured her. She seems always to be subverting normal order with extraordinary miracles.
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2. The Presentation (Hypapante) |
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This feast celebrates the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple as recorded in Lk 2:22-35. It is a meeting or encounter (hypapante) of Jesus with his Church. There is a nuptial theme here too, like there was at Christmas, when the divinity became wedded to humanity. Patrick Duffy expands this theme.
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1. A woman for our times: St Brigid of Ireland |
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Brigid of Kildare is a patroness of those who have a care for the earth, for justice and equality, for peace and she is a model for a contemplative life. Brigidine sister Rita Minehan profiles her here.
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2. St Théophane Vénard (1829-61) priest and martyr |
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Théophane Vénard is famous for the fact that his letters inspired St Thérèse of Lisieux to volunteer to be a missionary Carmelite in Hanoi and thus become patroness of the missions. An inspiring missionary, he was beheaded when he refused to apostasise from his faith. Patrick Duffy tells his story.
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17. St Fionán (d. 661) second abbot of Lindisfarne |
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Fionán was an Irish monk who accompanied Aidan to Lindisfarne and succeeded him. Bede called him "learned and prudent": he was able to manage the tensions that emerged between the Celtic and Roman ritual expressions of Christianity that were eventually the focal point of the Synod of Whitby (663/4). Patrick Duffy tells his story.
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