The lonely ruins of Lindisfarne still stand today, mute testimony to the light of the Gospel carried by St. Aidan, which illuminated Anglo-Saxon England.
PRAYER OF St. CUTHBERT
Bless, O Lord, this island,
This Holy Island.
Make it a place of peace and love.
Make it a place of joy and light.
Make it a place of hospitality.
Make it a place of grace and goodness
And begin with me.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A graduate of Bristol University and for many years a Catholic educator, Michael Durnan made a pilgrimage to Lindisfarne in 2002. He walked the sixty mile route from Melrose in Scotland in the footsteps of St. Cuthbert.
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