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SUMMARY:Saint David of Wales
DESCRIPTION:Saint David of Wales\nSaint of the Day for March 1\n(d. March 1\, 589)\nhttps://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODMar01.mp3\nSaint David of Wales’ Story\nDavid is the patron saint of Wales and perhaps the most famous of British saints. Ironically\, we have little reliable information about him. \nIt is known that he became a priest\, engaged in missionary work\, and founded many monasteries\, including his principal abbey in southwestern Wales. Many stories and legends sprang up about David and his Welsh monks. Their austerity was extreme. They worked in silence without the help of animals to till the soil. Their food was limited to bread\, vegetables and water. \nIn about the year 550\, David attended a synod where his eloquence impressed his fellow monks to such a degree that he was elected primate of the region. The episcopal see was moved to Mynyw\, where he had his monastery\, now called St. David’s. He ruled his diocese until he had reached a very old age. His last words to his monks and subjects were: “Be joyful\, brothers and sisters. Keep your faith\, and do the little things that you have seen and heard with me.” \nSaint David is pictured standing on a mound with a dove on his shoulder. The legend is that once while he was preaching a dove descended to his shoulder and the earth rose to lift him high above the people so that he could be heard. Over 50 churches in South Wales were dedicated to him in pre-Reformation days. \n\nReflection\nWere we restricted to hard manual labor and a diet of bread\, vegetables and water\, most of us would find little reason to rejoice. Yet joy is what David urged on his brothers as he lay dying. Perhaps he could say that to them—and to us—because he lived in and nurtured a constant awareness of God’s nearness. For\, as someone once said\, “Joy is the infallible sign of God’s presence.” May his intercession bless us with the same awareness! \n\nSaint David of Wales is the Patron Saint of:\nWales
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-david-of-wales/2018-03-01/
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