Category Archives: Prayer

0 Cuthbert is harried by a princess, and later begged by the king. But he really really doesn’t want to say yes. Chapter 29 of morning prayer with [..]

0 An abbess, a dear friend of Cuthbert’s, is struck by a crippling and incurable illness. But he is far away on his remote island of Farne. Day [..]

0 Day 22 of morning prayer with St Cuthbert. Cuthbert’s reputation has spread across the land – his compassion and wisdom draw the hurting crowds. But he dreads [..]

0 Chapter 21 of Bede’s story of Cuthbert in morning prayer. Cuthbert’s building plans go awry, but are solved unexpectedly. We would probably be tempted to call it [..]

2+ Chapter 20 of Cuthbert’s story in morning prayer, day 20. Annoyingly for Cuthbert, the corvids are up to more of their antics. But this time something extraordinary [..]

0 Day 19 of morning prayer with St Cuthbert. Cuthbert tries his hand at farming, but needs a miracle in such a barren place. And then the crows [..]

0 Morning prayer and chapter 18 with Bede’s Life of Cuthbert. Cuthbert takes self-isolation to the extreme, digs a well, and has major problems with his feet. 0

0 Day 17, chapter 17 of morning prayer and Cuthbert’s story. Cuthbert at last graduates to divine contemplation in solitude as he intercedes for the world around him. [..]

0 Day 16 with St Cuthbert in morning prayer. Cuthbert is given the Herculean task of winning the Lindisfarne monks over to the Benedictine rule of life, which [..]