b. about 602 d. 690 The life of Theodore, the eighth Archbishop of Canterbury, who was from Paul's hometown in modern-day Turkey, spanned most of the seventh century. Commissioned in Rome in 669, he arrived in England several years later, when he was nearly seventy. Theodore re-staffed empty bishoprics and re-organized the dioceses under his control; many had been decimated by the effects of the plague. He also founded a school in Canterbury to teach Greek and Latin which went on to influence many, including the Venerable Bede, on whose writings we rely for a history of the English church up to his own time. In 1672 Theodore also convened the first Council of all English Churches. Church laws drawn up during his administration, as well as the structure of dioceses and parishes, managed to continue in large part, despite the upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries, to the present day. Prayer: Almighty God, who gave your servant Theodore of Tarsus gifts of grace and wisdom to establish unity where there had been division and order where there had been chaos: Create in your church, by the operation of the Holy Spirit, such godly union and concord that it may proclaim, both by word and example, the Gospel of the Prince of Peace; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Saints Alive!
I have been privileged to offer Noonday Prayer at my church, usually on Thursdays, which doesn’t matter because it’s on Youtube forever. [It’s amazing what can be done with a smartphone and a smart, helpful parish administrator!] The service is brief, with a place for a meditation. We usually look at the Episcopal calendar of saints, who are nearly always honored on their death dates, not their birth dates. Here is a hymn by medieval saint Hildegard of Bingen to set the mood.
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