Cuthbert, Missionary and Bishop

The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Cuthbert (c. 634-87), Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary (source):

Almighty God,
who didst call thy servant Cuthbert from following the flock
to follow thy Son and to be a shepherd of thy people:
in thy mercy, grant that we may so follow his example
that we may bring those who are lost home to thy fold;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Epistle: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10
The Gospel: St. Matthew 6:24-33

Artwork: Frontispiece of Bede’s Life of St Cuthbert, King Aethelstan presenting a copy of Bede’s book to the saint himself, c. 930. Illumination, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. (Because Cuthbert died in 687, Aethelstan presented the manuscript to the saint’s monastic community in Chester-le-Street.)

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