Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Feast Day of St Christopher


If you look at a Saint of the Day site, you would know that today is the feast day of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. He is a great reformer and a Doctor of the Church, but today is also the feast day of Saint Christopher.
In case you didn't know, his name is Greek for "Christ Bearer". That is because according to his biography he literally carried the Christ child accross a river. However, it can apply to us Christophers today in a more metaphorical sense. We may never carry around God Incarnate, but we can carry Christ spiritually to others and to the world at large. Its a very missionary name when you stop to think about it.

2 comments:

Therese said...

happy feast day to you.

I have tagged you for a meme. See my blog for details.

Therese

paramedicgirl said...

Beautiful picture of St Christopher!