25TH FEBRUARY 2003
ST.WALBURGA
VIRGIN (c.710-777)
LIFE:
St.Walburga`s father, St.Richrad, was a king of the west Saxons in
today`s Devonshire., and her mother Winna a sister of St.Boniface, the
great Apostle of Germany .W hen her father and two brothers , St.Willibald
and St.Winibald were starting a pilgrimage to holy land ,she was placed
in a convent. at the age of 11. She remained there for 26 years. Then in
748 , she and St.Lioba, together with a large number of other nuns, were
sent over to Germany at the request of her uncle St.Boniface, the first
written instance of a missionary calling nuns to his aid.
After a few years` training at the Bischofsheim convent,
St.Walburga was made Abbess of Heidenheim in Bavaria, not far from the
monastery of which her favourite brother , St.Winibald, was the head; and
when he died a few years later,St.Walburga`s outstanding virtues and
prudence caused her to be assigned to goven also these monks, as well
as her own nuns.Because of the accounts which she wrote of St.Winibald`s
life and of the two brothers` pigrimage to Palestine she is consisdered
to be the first woman -author of England and Germany.Many miracles are
attributed to her, both during her life timeand after heath on February
25th, 777.
PATRONAGE:
against coughs, against famine, against plague, against storms, Antwerp Belgium,
boatmen, coughs, dog bites, Gronigen Holland, harvests, hydrophobia, mad dogs,
mariners, Oudenarde Belgium, plague, rabies, sailors, storms, watermen, Zutphen
Holland
REFLECTION:
" Asoul often wants not so much spurring in the begining of
her conversion; her fervour and cheerfulness make her run vigorously.But
this fervour, unless it be continually nourished, cools by degrees; then
the devil assails her with all his might." ( St.Tarasius)
COMMENT:
Same sort of characters ,,professions, diseases tend to run
in family ,,its fascinating to learn that sainthood also seem to be
run in the family?!!!!
Oh! sweet Eucharist ! & beloved Mother keep me as thy own.....
S.THOMAS
NOTTINGHAM
ENGLAND
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