Mother of God – Burning Love

Sooner or later, all parents have to find the strength, have to find the faith to let go of their ‘possession’ of their children and ‘give them away’ to Christ and His Mother. Parents are entrusted with the most wonderful … Continued

St Bede entered the monastery when he was about seven, to access the best available education of the time. Except for a few brief visits to other monasteries, he spent his entire life in his Monastery. This is not an … Continued

St Ita (Ida or Ides) is known as the Foster Mother of God’s Saints, because so many of the children she raised became holy. One way of another, parents of all sorts – adoptive, natural, spiritual parents – are given … Continued

St Columba – commissioned icon of the great Celtic Saint, founder of the Monastery on Iona. The commission represents St Columba working on an illuminated manuscript (his Monastery on Iona is where the amazing Book of Kells was created), while meditating … Continued