God our ruler and guide, we honor thee for Queen Bertha and King Ethelbert of Kent who, gently persuaded by the truth of thy Gospel, encouraged others by their godly example to follow freely the path of discipleship; and we pray that we, like them, may show the goodness of thy Word not only by our words but in our lives; through Jesus Christ, who with thee and the Holy Spirit livest and reignest, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
Bede's account of the death #OTD in 616 of King Ethelbert of Kent, the first English king to convert to Christianity https://t.co/rhvJRKenV6 pic.twitter.com/aM9VftOgUI
— Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) February 24, 2017