Serving for the first time tomorrow

[lak611]

St. George and England and all that. Me, I think St. Dunstan of Cantwaraburh (Cantebury by way of Glastonburh) should be patron saint of England. It was his name which was cried at the Battle of Hastings when the huscarles fought against the Normans, not St. George. St. Dunstan is an authentic Saxon saint. Brother Hrolf to this day still remembers St. Dunstan in his prayers.

I never heard of St. Dunstan, but St. George is one of my favourites!

 

[LilyM]

No. St John Neumann. I won an award in my parish back in 1962 for never missing a Mass I was assigned to serve. (Actually said award should have gone to my protestant father who drove me ). I had to think about said award and went and pulled it. Bronze medallion on a wood base - “To a Faithful Altar Boy” (Image of St. John Neumann) "St. John Neumann - Patron Saint of Altar Boys. (There exists a possiblility that the Redemptorists might have tried to pull an end run. In New Orleans, the Redemptorists have two parishes right across the street from each other. One was Irish and the other German and I have ancestors who went to both. St. John Neumann was a Redemptorist).

But this was 1962 when St. Christopher had not yet been pulled from the list of approved saints. Who knows? I do remember they tried to take St. Patrick off declaring him “fictional”.

I believe you brother, but he ain’t listed nowheres that I can find as a patron of altar boys, which is why I asked the question.

 

[AJV]

I never heard of St. Dunstan, but St. George is one of my favourites!

This was the Proper lessons for Matins for St. Dunstan from the breviary:

Dunstan was born of a noble family. He was expelled from the King’s court through the efforts of his enemies, upon which he bade farewell to the world. He went to Glastonbury, as there were then no monks there, and got together some, of whom he was made Abbot. He was a great favourite of the Kings Edmund and Edred, but peculiarly obnoxious to Edwy, because he used to rebuke him for his perverse actions, and oppose his wishes. As a result of this conduct, the king took action against him, from which he was forced to abscond, and he went and lived abroad at Ghent, in Flanders. But Thou…

In the reign of Edgar he was recalled home , with great popular acclaim, and soon afterwards promoted to the Archbishopric of Canterbury. He was excessively severe in using Church siscipline, and never spared one who had erred. He ejected all the married clergy from their Churches, and put in regular monks in their places, and he forced the King himself to do penance for seven years for sins which he had committed. But Thou…

Dunstan’s strictness caused him to be regarded with fear by many, but all admired him as a Saint, so that he got among the lower classes the name of being a good Archbishop. After the death of the Kings Edgar and Edward, he put the crown on Etheldred, the next heir, to whom he is said to have foretold an unhappy reign, and no cessation from trouble. He died an old man, and was buried in his own Church, towards the end of the tenth century. But Thou…

Propers of the Mass:

O God who didst translate blessed Dunstan, thy bishop, into the heavenly realms: grant that through his glorious merits we may be carried to the joys that never end. Through our Lord…

Secret: Accept, we bessech thee O Lord, the offerigns of thy suppliant family,: which we offer unto Thee on this solemnity of blessed Dunstan thy Confessor, imploring thee that by the help of his venerable patronage, we may be worthy to be delivered form all snares of our enemies.Through our Lord…

Postcommunion: We beseech thee, O Lord, that we might be helped by the prayers of blessed Dunsatnb, thy Confessor and Bishop, in whose honour we have approached thy holy Sacraments. Throguh our Lord…

 

[brotherhrolf]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunstan

I don’t like using wiki but this article is factually OK - particularly St. Dunstan’s relations with the Devil.

At the Battle of Hastings in 1066, the Saxon forces shouted his name as part of their warcry - St. Dunstan! Holy Cross! Out!