Almighty God, Who dost kindle in our hearts the flame of Thy holiness through the example of this Thy servant, Saint Ceolwulf of Northumbria; Grant to us, Thy humble servants, the same power of love, resoluteness of mind, and fortitude of faith; That as we rejoice in his triumph, we may profit by his example; Through Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord, Who livest and reigned with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.

Today is the Feast of St. Ceolwulf of Northumbria.

King of Northumbria and patron of St. Bede. He resigned in 738 and became a monk at Lindisfame. St. Bede dedicated his Ecclesiastical History of the English People to “the most gracious King Ceolwulf.” pic.twitter.com/xqnlZt7WRR

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O Thou, in whom we live and move and have our being: We offer and present unto thee ourselves, all that we are and have, our thoughts and our desires, our words and our deeds, to be a living and continual sacrifice.  We are not our own; therefore we would glorify thee in our bodies and our spirits, which are thine; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Guten Morgen ☕☕☕

Sauerland pic.twitter.com/tfaCP947Nu

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Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly call, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession. He was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in God’s house. Yet Jesus has been counted worthy of as much more glory than Moses as the builder of a house has more honor than the house. (For every house is built by some one, but the builder of all things is God.) Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, but Christ was faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope.
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,

“Today, when you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
where your fathers put me to the test
and saw my works for forty years.
Therefore I was provoked with that generation,
and said, “‘They always go astray in their hearts;
they have not known my ways.’
As I swore in my wrath,
“‘They shall never enter my rest.’”

–Hebrews 3:1-11

Morning. Thanks for all the birthday love yesterday!

Today’s little foray in the natural world is this delightful sunset over Ceapabhal on the Isle of Harris.

While capturing this photo, there was a bit of a wellie boot breach, but it was worth the wet feet! #scotland pic.twitter.com/ZkxJf5zpER

— Verity Milligan (@VerityMilligan) January 15, 2026