St. Boniface, an English missionary and\nreformer, was born in 675 in Southern England and was baptized with the name, Wynfrith,\nwhich means \u201cFriend of Peace.\u201d He is one of the most famous saints in Germany\nand the Netherlands where he played a significant role in planting new churches\nand monasteries; and also ensured that the political authorities and rulers\nbecame firmly committed to Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wynfrith entered a monastery at Nursling,\nnear Southampton, and was ordained a priest at about age 30. His passion for\nforeign mission led him to the Netherlands in 716; however, the hatred of the\npagans was a major obstacle in his ministry, and some months later, he returned\nto England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two years later, he set off for Rome to\nseek the blessing of Pope Gregory II, who gave him the new name \u201cBoniface.\u201d In\n722, he was consecrated by the Pope as Bishop of the whole of Germany, to the\neast of the Rhine, and six years later, he was made Archbishop of all Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the age of almost 80 years, he set out\nwith 52 companions on an evangelistic mission to the Netherlands where his\nfirst efforts had failed nearly 40 years earlier. At Pentecost, on June 5,755,<\/strong> they were all massacred by a band of\nheathens as Boniface read the Scriptures to new converts. He himself, was\nstruck down by a sword which pierced the Bible he had raised to shield his\nhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As requested in his Will, the body of\nBoniface was taken back to the monastery he founded at Fulda, in central\nGermany, where a magnificent Cathedral now encloses his tomb, and where the\nRoman Catholic Bishops of Germany hold their meetings every year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n St.\nBoniface Churches in our Diocese <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Prayer of St. Boniface<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" St. Boniface, an English missionary and reformer, was born in 675 in Southern England and was baptized with the name, Wynfrith, which means \u201cFriend of Peace.\u201d He is one of the most famous saints in Germany and the Netherlands where he played a significant role in planting new churches and monasteries; and also ensured that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":17636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seasons-feast-days","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17638,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17635\/revisions\/17638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Eternal God, the refuge and help of all your children,
we praise you for all you have given us,
for all you have done for us,
for all that you are to us.
In our weakness, you are strength,
in our darkness, you are light,
in our sorrow, you are comfort and peace.
We cannot number your blessings,
we cannot declare your love:
For all your blessings we bless you.
May we live as in your presence,
and love the things that you love,
and serve you in our daily lives;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n