WEDNESDAY REFLECTION
Mid-week Reflection
13th January 2021
Today is the Feast of the 6th century Saint Kentigern whose mother was the princess, Saint Enoch. Her father cast her aside and she found refuge in Culross with Saint Serf. It was he who called the child, Mungo. There is a rather splendid statue by George Frampton outside Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery. In 540 he was consecrated the Bishop of Clascu as Glasgow was then known. The word means, “dear family.” A strong anti-Christian movement forced him into exile in Wales, where, according to the measure of faith which God had assigned him, he founded a monastery at what is now St. Asaph’s. He lived for almost a decade in Dumfriesshire before returning to Glasgow in 581. He died there 22 years later. His successor is, of course, Monsignor Philip Tartaglia who was previously the fourth Bishop of Paisley, a post to which he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 13th September 2005. Now he is the Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow and the 40th successor of Saint Mungo. He is the eighth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow since the re-establishment of the hierarchy in 1878 following the Reformation. He was installed on 8th September 2012, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He has been a frequent and gracious visitor to St Ninian’s High School. We hope to welcome him again in better days.
Let us Pray:
O God, who through the Bishop Saint Kentigern caused the light of the true faith to shine forth in all its splendour by the preaching of the word, grant, we pray, that by loyal adherence to the teaching of him whose venerable feast day we celebrate, we may attain the glory of everlasting light. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Monsignor Monaghan
“Monsignor Monaghan completed this reflection on Monday the 11th of January. Many of you will have heard already that Archbishop Philip Tartaglia sadly died this morning. We ask that all members of the school community keep him in their prayers.”
