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23rd JULY: ST BRIDGET OF SWEDEN (BIRGITTA BIRGERSDOTTER)
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1. St Bridget was born in Sweden in 1303. She married and gave birth to eight children for whom she was a devoted mother. After her husband’s death she continued to live in the world
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1. St Bridget was born in Sweden in 1303. She married and gave birth to eight children for whom she was a devoted mother. After her husband’s death she continued to live in the world
but
#StBridgetofSweden
2. devoted herself to the ascetic life as a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She then founded a religious order and journeyed to Rome for the sake of penance. She wrote many works in which she related her mystical experiences. St Bridget died in 1373. #SaintOfTheDay
PRAYER:
O God, who guided St Bridget of Sweden
along different paths of life
and wondrously taught her the wisdom of the Cross
as she contemplated the Passion of your Son,
grant us, we pray,
that, walking worthily in our vocation,
we may seek you in all things.
Through our Lord.
O God, who guided St Bridget of Sweden
along different paths of life
and wondrously taught her the wisdom of the Cross
as she contemplated the Passion of your Son,
grant us, we pray,
that, walking worthily in our vocation,
we may seek you in all things.
Through our Lord.
