The Short Calendar: February
Key:
Holy Day
Feast Day
Memorial
February
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St. Bride of Kildare
Also called Brigid and, in Wales, Ffraed; Abs; 525. "The Prophetess of Christ and the Mary of the Gaels." Her charity knew no bounds. She gave anything to anyone who asked.
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The Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple
Also called Candlemas and the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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St. Caedmon
Monk; Whitby; c 680. First English hymn-writer. Wrote The Hymn of Creation in response to a voice in a dream, "Caedmon, sing me something." "I can not sing. That is why I came to this place [Whitby]." "However, you will sing." "What shall I sing?" "Sing of the beginning of created things."
Now must we praise the Guardian of heaven
The Maker's might and the plan of his mind,
the works of the Glory-Father when he, of all the world's wonders,
the Eternal Lord laid their foundations.
He first created for the sons of earth
heaven as a roof (O holy Creator!).
The eternal Lord afterwards made,
For men he made earth, the Master Almighty!
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St. Colman of Lindisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne; 676. Succeeded Finan as Bishop of Lindisfarne. Upheld Celtic practices at Whitby, after which he was forced to resign his See. He and his monks moved to Iona, and then to Innis-boffin in Ireland.
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St. Polycarp
Martyr Bishop of Smyrna; 156. "And so he was bound to the pyre, a burnt offering acceptable to and made ready for God. He lifted his eyes to heaven and said: 'O Lord God Almighty, I bless you, for you have thought me worthy of this day and hour to share the cup of your Christ, as one of your martyrs, to rise again to eternal life in body and soul in the immortality of the Holy Spirit.' And when he said Amen, they set light to the pyre. And then we saw a miracle: the fire made a wall around the body of the martyr. His body did not appear like burning flesh, but like bread baking, or gold being refined. And we perceived a fragrant smell like the odour of frankincense."
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St. Matthias the Apostle
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