SAINT JEAN-GABRIEL PERBOYRE (JANUARY 6, 1802-SEPTEMBER 11, 1840)
French Roman Catholic Priest, Missionary, and Martyr in China, 1840
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O my Divine Saviour,
Transform me into Yourself.
May my hands be the hands of Jesus.
Grant that every faculty of my body
May serve only to glorify You.
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Above all,
Transform my soul and all its powers
So that my memory, will, and affections
May be the memory, will, and affections
Of Jesus.
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I pray you
To destroy in me
All that is not of You.
Grant that I may life
But in You, and by You and for You,
So that I may truly say
With St. Paul,
“I live–now now I–
But Christ lives in me.”
–Prayer of St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre to Jesus
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St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre comes to this, A Great Cloud of Witnesses: An Ecumenical Calendar of Saints’ Days and Holy Days, via the Roman Catholic Church.
Our saint, born in Le Puech, near Montgesty, France, on January 6, 1802, was one of eight children of farmers Marie Rigal Perboyre and Pierre Perboyre. The family was devout and Roman Catholic; five of the children joined religious orders. St. Jean-Gabriel, not especially brimming over with religious fervor until 1816, acquired that fervor when he accompanied Louis, a younger brother, to the Vincentian minor seminary the brothers’ uncle Jacques had founded in Montauban. Our saint felt drawn to the religious life and perceived his priestly vocation.
St. Jean-Gabriel joined the Congregation of the Mission (the Vincentian Fathers). He became a novice at Montauban in December 1818, at the age of 16 years. Our saint made his vows on December 28, 1820. Ordained a priest on September 23, 1825, St. Jean-Gabriel became the master of novices in Paris in 1832.
St. Jean-Gabriel had long wanted to serve as a missionary in China. His health, however, had prevented that for years. After Louis died en route to China, our saint volunteered to replace him. St. Jean-Gabriel arrived in Macao in August 1835, and studied the Chinese language. Our saint arrived at the Ho-Nan mission station in China in April 1836, after an extremely difficult journey that took five months. St. Jean-Gabriel spent more months recovering from that journey. Then he began to minister in that very poor region. Next, in January 1839, our saint’s superiors transferred him to the Hubei mission station.
Popular Chinese resentment over Western imperialism was increasing, understandably. The British Empire was, for example, selling opium to Chinese people and obstructing official Chinese efforts to cease the drug pushing. Unfortunately, religious persecution was one way some Chinese authorities pushed back against Westerners. Such persecution started in Hubei in September 1839.
Chinese soldiers in Hubei arrested Roman Catholic priests and catechists. When soldiers came to arrest St. Jean-Gabriel, the other priests, and the catechists, our saint and other priests were away. However, one catechist, tortured, revealed where our saint was hiding. St. Jean-Gabriel arrested, suffered tortures. Sentenced to die, he received the crown of martyrdom (via strangling on a cross) at Wuchang. He was 38 years old.
Holy Mother Church formally recognized St. Jean-Gabriel. Pope Leo XIII beatified him in 1889. Pope John Paul II canonized our saint in 1996.
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Compassionate God of all nations,
we thank you for the dedicated service
of your servant St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, for your glory.
May our hands be Christ’s hands,
our memories be his memories, and
our wills and affections be his will and affections.
Destroy in us all that is not of Christ,
so that he may live in us.
In the Name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
2 Maccabees 6:18-31
Psalm 130
Galatians 2:15-21
Luke 6:20-23
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
MARCH 31, 2021 COMMON ERA
WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
THE FEAST OF SAINT MARIA SKOBTSOVA, RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MARTYR, 1945
THE FEAST OF ERNEST TRICE THOMPSON, U.S. PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER AND RENEWER OF THE CHURCH
THE FEAST OF FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN AND HIS BROTHER, MICHAEL HAYDN, COMPOSERS
THE FEAST OF SAINT JOAN OF TOULOUSE, CARMELITE NUN; AND SAINT SIMON STOCK, CARMELITE FRIAR
ANNE HOULDITCH SHEPHERD (SEPTEMBER 11, 1809-JANUARY 7, 1857)
Anglican Novelist and Hymn Writer
Anne Houlditch Shepherd, author of sixty-four hymns, was born at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She, daughter of the Reverend Edward H. Houlditch, an Anglican rector, married S. Saville Shepherd in 1843. Before our saint married she published (in 1836) the first edition of Hymns Adapted to the Comprehension of Young Minds (third edition in 1847; fifth edition in 1855). She also wrote two religious novels, Ellen Seymour (1848) and Reality (1852).
Among our saint’s hymns was “Around the Throne of God in Heaven,” originally six stanzas long. There is, according to research I have conducted, a tradition (going back to at least the 1850s) of altering the original text, especially the refrain as well as the third line of the penultimate stanza. The altered refrain is:
Singing, “Glory, glory, glory be to God on high.”
And the altered third line of the penultimate stanza is:
Bathed in that pure and precious flood.”
The original, full text, as printed in Lyra Britannica (1867), in which it appears with other hymns by our saint, follows:
Around the throne of God in heaven,
Thousands of children stand,
Children whose sins are all forgiven,
A holy, happy band,
Singing glory, glory, glory.
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In flowing robes of spotless white
See every one arrayed;
Dwelling in everlasting light
And joys never fade,
Singing glory, glory, glory.
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Once they were little things like you,
And lived on earth below,
And could not praise as how they do
The Lord who loved them so,
Singing glory, glory, glory.
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Because the Saviour shed his blood
To wash away their sin;
Bathed in that precious purple flood,
Behold them white and clean,
Singing glory, glory, glory.
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On earth they sought the Saviour’s grace,
On earth they loved his Name;
So now they see his blessed face,
And stand before the Lamb,
Singing glory, glory, glory.
Our saint died at Blackheath, Kent, England, in 1857.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
FEBRUARY 7, 2014 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF SAINT MOSES, APOSTLE TO THE SARACENS
THE FEAST OF SAINT APOLLONIA, MARTYR AT ALEXANDRIA
THE FEAST OF SAINT BLAISE OF SEBASTE, ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP
THE FEAST OF GREGORIO ALLEGRI, COMPOSER
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Eternal God, light of the world and Creator of all that is good and lovely:
We bless your name for inspiring Anne Houlditch Shepherd
and all those who with words have filled us with desire and love for you;
through Jesus Christ our Savior, who with you and the Holy Spirit
lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Chronicles 29:14b-19
Psalm 90:14-17
2 Corinthians 3:1-3
John 21:15-17, 24-25
–Adapted from Holy Women, Holy Men: Celebrating the Saints (2010), page 728
This post is one which falls into a certain pattern: one saint led me to another. In this case the pupil led me to the teacher.
John Stainer (1840-1901), born at London, England, was a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral there from 1847 to 1856. At that tender age the prodigy began to compose church music and play the organ. Aged only fourteen years, our saint became the Organist for St. Benet and St. Peter’s, Paul’s Wharf. Two years later he left that church for St. Michael’s, Tenbury, where he fulfilled the same duties. In 1859 Stainer began his studies at Oxford, where he became the Organist at Magdalen College. From 1863 to 1872 he was the Organist of the University. Then, from 1872 to 1888, Stainer served as the Organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, where his musical journey had begun.
Stainer also taught the playing of the organ at the National Training School for Music, at which he became the Principal in 1881. Our saint, knighted in 1888, taught at Oxford from 1889 to 1899.
Stainer edited hymnals, composed music, and wrote about music. He wrote the Dictionary of Musical Terms and Early Bodleian Music: Dufay and His Contemporaries, for example. He composed anthems, an oratorio (Gideon), and cantatas:
The Daughter of Jairus (1878);
Saint Mary Madgalen (1883); and
The Crucifixion (1887).
Walter Galpin Alcock (1861-1947) was among Stainer’s pupils at the National Training School for Music. Alcock, born at Edenbridge, Kent, was also a prodigy. In 1873 he became the Assistant Organist at St. Mary’s Church, Twickenham; he filled the Organist position six years later. Alcock played the organ at the Church of the Annunciation, Portman Square, from 1887 to 1895, then at Holy Trinity, Sloane Square, from 1895 to 1902. From 1896 to 1916 Alcock also functioned as the Assistant Organist at Westminster Abbey. He served also as the Organist at the Chapel Royal from 1902 to 1916. His final church assignment was at Salisbury Cathedral, where he was the Organist and Choirmaster from 1917 to his death in 1947.
Alcock, knighted in 1933, taught the organ at his alma mater, the National Training School for Music, and composed much church music for the organ. He also played the organ for three coronations: those for Edward VIII (reigned 1901-1910), George V (reigned 1910-1936), and George VI (1936-1952).
Good church music is invaluable; may nobody underestimate its worth.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
JUNE 11, 2013 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE, COWORKER OF THE APOSTLE PAUL
THE FEAST OF VERNON JOHNS, NATIONAL BAPTIST PASTOR AND CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER
The 400s CE (labeled that after that fact) intrigue me. In Western Europe the Western Roman Empire faded away, the title of Emperor entering the dustbin of history in 476. The empire had gone away by then; its demise had been gradual. St. Patiens witnessed the end of the Western Roman Empire; he outlived his country.
St. Patiens functioned as Archbishop of Lyons from circa 450. He lived simply, led successful missionary efforts, resisted Arianism, and gave his income to help the poor. He also had to cope with an invasion of Goths and to feed to thousands of people and supervise the rebuilding of many church buildings in the wake thereof. And he oversaw the construction (as opposed to repair and rebuilding) of other church buildings. St. Patiens won the approval ofSt. Sidonius Apollinaris, who wrote a laudatory poem about him.
St. Patiens was also a peacemaker. The Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saone had died. For some reason or set of reasons this event had created serious dissension in that diocese. So St. Euphonius of Autun invited St. Patiens to participate in the reconciliation process. Our saint accepted, of course.
(Aside: I found almost no information about St. Euphonius of Autun. I discovered variations on his name and at least two different years in which he might have died. In simple terms, I know too little to write about him intelligently.)
St. Patiens also commissioned a priest, Constantius, to write a biography of St. Gemanus of Auxerre. This work became famous and preserved facts of that saint’s life.
It seems that the main work of St. Patiens was to rebuilt the part of Christ’s Church of which he was shepherd. And he did it well. Faithfulness has not guaranteed success, of course. St. Gregory Thaumaturgus began his episcopate with seventeen Christians, labored faithfully for decades, and died with seventeen Christians. But tangible results must have bolstered the spirits of St. Patiens.
May we–you, O reader, and I–labor faithfully in the tasks God has appointed for us. And, whether or not we see tangible results, may we not grow weary.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
JULY 20, 2012 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF SAINTS FLAVIAN II OF ANTIOCH AND ELIAS OF JERUSALEM, ROMAN CATHOLIC PATRIARCHS
THE FEAST OF SAINT ANSEGIUS OF FONTANELLE, ROMAN CATHOLIC ABBOT
THE FEAST OF ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, AMELIA BLOOMER, SOJOURNER TRUTH, AND HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN, WITNESSES TO CIVIL RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WOMEN
Also known as Saint Paphnutius the Confessor and Saint Paphnutius of Thebes
Roman Catholic Bishop of Upper Thebaid
Diocletian‘s Tetrarchy was still in effect in 306, when Constantine I “the Great” (reigned 306-337) became Augustus of the West. From 310 to 313 his eastern counterpart was Mamiminus II Daia. Reports of Constantine’s Christianity were greatly exaggerated, but Maximinus Daia was an unapologetic pagan and a severe persecutor of Christianity. He, for example, required everyone in the eastern part of the Roman Empire to attend public sacrifices and to eat flesh of the sacrificial beasts. And if one refused….Eusebius, in his great Ecclesiastical History, wrote of some of the faithful who became martyrs. And others did not die yet suffered severely. St. Paphnutius, for example was an Egyptian monk (under St. Anthony/Antony) who had become Bishop of Upper Thebaid. His sentence was blinding in the right eye followed by hard labor in a mine.
In 313 Constantine I, as senior Augustus, pulled rank and ordered Maximinus II Daia to cease the persecution of Christians. The junior Augustus obeyed reluctantly. He knew what Constantine I did: the future lay with the Church. And although Constantine I was an opportunist who hitched the wagon of the Roman Empire to that star, Maximinus II Daia tried to resist the future. That same year the junior Augustus died. And his successor, Licinius, granted religious freedom to Christians in the East.
St. Paphnutius, released from the mine, became an ardent opponent of Arianism. He also attended the Council of Nicaea (325), persuading the majority of his fellow bishops to permit married men to receive Holy Orders as priests and bishops although he opposed any post-ordination weddings.
Aside: Follow this link to read my thoughts on sexual continence among the clergy.
I read accounts of saints such as St. Paphnutius and wonder how much I would be willing to suffer for Christ. I am not nearly as courageous, I suspect. Yet I have been fortunate, for nobody has put me to the test.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
JULY 20, 2012 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF SAINTS FLAVIAN II OF ANTIOCH AND ELIAS OF JERUSALEM, ROMAN CATHOLIC PATRIARCHS
THE FEAST OF SAINT ANSEGIUS OF FONTANELLE, ROMAN CATHOLIC ABBOT
THE FEAST OF ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, AMELIA BLOOMER, SOJOURNER TRUTH, AND HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN, WITNESSES TO CIVIL RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WOMEN
1 (Dionysius Exiguus, Roman Catholic Monk and Reformer of the Calendar)
David Pendleton Oakerhater, Cheyenne Warrior, Chief, and Holy Man, and Episcopal Deacon and Missionary in Oklahoma
Fiacre, Roman Catholic Hermit
François Mauriac, French Roman Catholic Novelist, Christian Humanist, and Social Critic
2 (Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942 and 1943)
David Charles, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Minister and Hymn Writer
Dianna Ortiz, U.S. Roman Catholic Nun and Anti-Torture Activist
William of Roskilde, English-Danish Roman Catholic Bishop
3 (Jedediah Weiss, U.S. Moravian Craftsman, Merchant, and Musician)
Arthur Carl Lichtenberger, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, and Witness for Civil Rights
F. Crawford Burkitt, Anglican Scholar, Theologian, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
James Bolan Lawrence, Episcopal Priest and Missionary in Southwestern Georgia, U.S.A.
Sundar Singh, Indian Christian Evangelist
4 (Paul Jones, Episcopal Bishop of Utah, and Peace Activist; and his colleague, John Nevin Sayre, Episcopal Priest and Peace Activist)
Birinus of Dorchester, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dorchester, and the “Apostle of Wessex”
E. F. Schumacher, German-British Economist and Social Critic
Gorazd of Prague, Orthodox Bishop of Moravia and Silesia, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, Hierarch of the Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia, and Martyr, 1942
William McKane, Scottish Presbyterian Minister and Biblical Scholar
5 (Carl Johannes Sodergren, U.S. Lutheran Minister and Theologian; and his colleague, Claus August Wendell, Swedish-American Lutheran Minister and Theologian)
Athol Hill, Australian Baptist Biblical Scholar and Social Prophet
Teresa of Calcutta, Founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity
William F. Albright and G. Ernest Wright, U.S. Biblical Scholars and Archaeologists
William Morton Reynolds, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Episcopal Priest, Educator, and Hymn Translator
6 (Charles Fox, Anglican Missionary in Melanesia)
Aaron Robarts Wolfe, U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Hymn Writer
Allen Crite, Artist
Joseph Gomer and Mary Gomer, U.S. United Brethren Missionaries in Sierra Leone
7 (Beyers Naudé, South African Dutch Reformed Minister and Anti-Apartheid Activist)
Elie Naud, Huguenot Witness to the Faith
Hannah More, Anglican Poet, Playwright, Religious Writer, and Philanthropist
Jane Laurie Borthwick and Sarah Borthwick Findlater, Scottish Presbyterian Translators of Hymns
John Duckett and Ralph Corby, Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs in England, 1644
Kassiani the Hymnographer, Byzantine Abbess, Poet, Composer, Hymn Writer, and Defender of Icons
Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer, German Lutheran Attorney and Hymn Writer; and Frances Elizabeth Cox, English Hymn Writer and Translator
Shepherd Knapp, U.S. Congregationalist Minister and Hymn Writer
Søren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher and Theologian, and Father of Existentialism
Wladyslaw Bladzinski, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1944
9 (Martyrs of Memphis, Tennessee, 1878)
Francis Borgia, “Second Founder of the Society of Jesus;” Peter Faber, Apostle of Germany, and Co-Founder of the Society of Jesus; Alphonsus Rodriguez, Spanish Jesuit Lay Brother; and Peter Claver, “Apostle to the Negroes”
Lucy Jane Rider Meyer, Novelist, Hymn Writer, Medical Doctor, and Founder of the Deaconess Movement in the Methodist Episcopal Church
Sarah Mapps Douglass, U.S. African-American Quaker Abolitionist, Writer, Painter, and Lecturer
William Chatterton Dix, English Hymn Writer and Hymn Translator
10 (Alexander Crummell, U.S. African-American Episcopal Priest, Missionary, and Moral Philosopher)
Lynn Harold Hough, U.S. Methodist Minister, Theologian, and Biblical Scholar
Mordecai Johnson, Educator
Nemesian of Sigumand His Companions, Roman Catholic Bishops and Martyrs, 257
Salvius of Albi, Roman Catholic Bishop
11 (Paphnutius the Great, Roman Catholic Bishop of Upper Thebaid)
Anne Houlditch Shepherd, Anglican Novelist and Hymn Writer
Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, French Roman Catholic Priest, Missionary, and Martyr in China, 1840
John Stainer and Walter Galpin Alcock, Anglican Church Organists and Composers
Patiens of Lyons, Roman Catholic Archbishop
12 (Kaspar Bienemann, German Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer)
Ernest Edwin Ryder, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Hymn Writer, Hymn Translator, and Hymnal Editor
Franciscus Ch’oe Kyong-Hwan, Korean Roman Catholic Catechist and Martyr, 1839; Lawrence Mary Joseph Imbert, Pierre Philibert Maubant, and Jacques Honoré Chastán, French Roman Catholic Priests, Missionaries to Korea, and Martyrs, 1839; Paul Chong Hasang, Korean Roman Catholic Seminarian and Martyr, 1839; and Cecilia Yu Sosa and Jung Hye, Korean Roman Catholic Martyrs, 1839
William Josiah Irons, Anglican Priest, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator; and his daughter, Genevieve Mary Irons, Roman Catholic Hymn Writer
13 (Peter of Chelcic, Bohemian Hussite Reformer; and Gregory the Patriarch, Founder of the Moravian Church)
Frederick J. Murphy, U.S. Roman Catholic Biblical Scholar
Godfrey Thring, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
Jane Crewdson, English Quaker Poet and Hymn Writer
Narayan Seshadri of Jalna, Indian Presbyterian Evangelist and “Apostle to the Mangs”
Robert Guy McCutchan, U.S. Methodist Hymnal Editor and Hymn Tune Composer
14 (HOLY CROSS)
15 (Martyrs of Birmingham, Alabama, September 15, 1963)
Charles Edward Oakley, Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer
George Henry Trabert, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Missionary, and Hymn Translator and Author
James Chisholm, Episcopal Priest
Philibert and Aicardus of Jumieges, Roman Catholic Abbots
16 (Cyprian of Carthage, Bishop and Martyr, 258; and Cornelius, Lucius I, and Stephen I, Bishops of Rome)
James Francis Carney, U.S.-Honduran Roman Catholic Priest, Missionary, Revolutionary, and Martyr, 1983
Martin Behm, German Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer
17 (Jutta of Disibodenberg, Roman Catholic Abbess; and her student, Hildegard of Bingen, Roman Catholic Abbess and Composer)
Zygmunt Szcesny Felinski, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Warsaw, Titutlar Bishop of Tarsus, and Founder of Recovery for the Poor and the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary
Zygmunt Sajna, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1940
18 (Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary-General of the United Nations)
Amos Niven Wilder, U.S. Congregationalist Minister, Poet, Literary Critic, and Biblical Scholar
Edward Bouverie Pusey, Anglican Priest
Henry Lascelles Jenner, Anglican Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
Henry Wellington Greatorex, Anglican and Episcopal Organist, Choirmaster, and Hymnodist
John Campbell Shairp, Scottish Poet and Educator
19 (Gerard Moultrie, Anglican Priest, Hymn Writer, and Translator of Hymns)
Clarence Alphonsus Walworth, U.S. Roman Catholic Priest, Poet, Hymn Translator, and Hymn Writer; Co-Founder of the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (the Paulist Fathers)
Emily de Rodat, Founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Villefranche
Walter Chalmers Smith, Scottish Presbyterian Minister and Hymn Writer
William Dalrymple Maclagan, Archbishop of York and Hymn Writer
20 (Henri Nouwen, Dutch Roman Catholic Priest and Spiritual Writer)
Elizabeth Kenny, Australian Nurse and Medical Pioneer
John Coleridge Patteson, Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, and His Companions, Martyrs, 1871
Marie Therese of Saint Joseph, Founder of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus
Nelson Wesley Trout, First African-American U.S. Lutheran Bishop
21 (MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST, APOSTLE AND MARTYR)
22 (Philander Chase, Episcopal Bishop of Ohio, and of Illinois; and Presiding Bishop)
C. H. Dodd, Welsh Congregationalist Minister, Theologian, and Biblical Scholar
Charlotte Elliott, Julia Anne Elliott, and Emily Elliott, Anglican Hymn Writers
Justus Falckner, Lutheran Pastor and Hymn Writer
Stephen G. Cary, U.S. Quaker Humanitarian and Antiwar Activist
23 (Francisco de Paula Victor, Brazilian Roman Catholic Priest)
Churchill Julius, Anglican Bishop of Christchurch, and Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand
Émelie Tavernier Gamelin, Founder of the Sisters of Providence
Jozef Stanek, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1944
24 (Anna Ellison Butler Alexander, African-American Episcopal Deaconess in Georgia, and Educator)
Henry Hart Milman, Anglican Dean, Translator, Historian, Theologian, and Hymn Writer
Juvenal of Alaska, Russian Orthodox Martyr in Alaska, and First Orthodox Martyr in the Americas, 1796
Peter the Aleut, Russian Orthodox Martyr in San Francisco, 1815
Silouan of Mount Athos, Eastern Orthodox Monk and Poet
25 (Sarah Louise “Sadie” Delany, African-American Educator; her sister, Annie Elizabeth “Bessie” Delany, African-American Dentist; and their brother, Hubert Thomas Delany, African-American Attorney, Judge, and Civil Rights Activist)
Bernhard W. Anderson, U.S. United Methodist Minister and Biblical Scholar
Euphrosyne and her father, Paphnutius of Alexandria, Monks
Herman of Reichenau, Roman Catholic Monk, Liturgist, Poet, and Scholar
Judith Lomax, Episcopal Mystic and Poet
Sergius of Radonezh, Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Sergiyev Posad, Russia
26 (Paul VI, Bishop of Rome)
Frederick William Faber, English Roman Catholic Hymn Writer
John Bright, U.S. Presbyterian Minister and Biblical Scholar
John Byrom, Anglican then Quaker Poet and Hymn Writer
Joseph A. Sittler, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Theologian, and Ecumenist
Lancelot Andrewes, Anglican Bishop of Chichester then of Ely then of Winchester
27 (Francis de Sales, Roman Catholic Bishop of Geneva; Vincent de Paul, “The Apostle of Charity;’ Louise de Marillac, Co-Founder of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; and Charles Fuge Lowder, Founder of the Society of the Holy Cross)
Edward McGlynn, U.S. Roman Catholic Priest, Social Reformer, and Alleged Heretic
Eliza Scudder, U.S. Unitarian then Episcopalian Hymn Writer
Joanna P. Moore, U.S. Baptist Missionary and Educator
Martyrs of Melanesia, 1864-2003
Thomas Traherne, Anglican Priest, Poet, and Spiritual Writer
SUNDRY THOUGHTS 
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