#saint gobnait

[lifeofaweed]

I am trying to choose a confirmation saint.

I have been recommended saint joan of arc and saint michael, and this seems like a good fit cause i have been known for loving and being connected to both saints since childhood. But to be honest both are personalities that i find to be a bit brash, and both are heavily connected to law enforcement and i dont like that.

But my other more serious choices are as follows, and i would love feedback!

saint mary magdalene because of her relationship with jesus being so close and special, and because she is a misunderstood outcast like i have been much of my life, and i find her very to be relatable and a role model for living a better life.

saint melangell because her story of chastity is inspiring to me as an assault survivor and her connection to rabbits and the environment is important to me (i had a pet rabbit as a child who i loved very much and keep her ashes to this day). She also just reminds me of a princess and i was jokingly called a princess a lot growing up haha. It is said that on the land of her ancient church no harm can come to women or rabbits, which is comforting!

saint gobnait because she is the saint of bees! And bees are very important to me as well as the environment (i had wanted to be a beekeeper before i was forced to drop out of school)

and saint kateri because my family is native from a sister tribe to her and i would like to reconnect with my past (although i feel conflicted due to the complicated relationship between the church and native people, and i am from the side of the family that no longer has native status) although i do like that she is the saint of ecology

Update: i'm adding saint valentine to the list because i recently had my third seizure, and the neurologist said i likely have epilepsy. And not only is he the saint of epilepsy, but he is also the saint of beekeeping, and of course love! I remember liking him as a kid cause i thought the way he did secret marriages was really brave and cool

[badolmen]

ID: A swarm of bees against a white background. There is a ‘to’ and ‘from’ section like a Valentine’s Day card. Text overlaid reads in all caps, “oh shit I’m so sorry I almost forgot about Valentine’s Day here’s a bunch of bees enjoy.’ End ID.

[catholic-saint-tournament]

St Gobnait sent bees after people she didn't like and St Kevin was so popular he had to keep moving because people kept building monasteries around this hermit. #irishsaintsmybeloveds

Both are brand new saints for the pre-schism list! they'll need more propaganda to make it to the bracket!!

(btw friends, the ask box is closed for now. It will open back up for the next round. we're doing folk/traditional saints first)

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint Abigail

5th-6th C.

Feast Day: February 11

Patronage: honeybees, beekeepers health, and fertility

Saint Abigail was a Medieval Irish saint, also known as Gobnait (Irish for Abigail which means brings joy) or Deborah (meaning honeybee). She had a special relationship with bees and would care for the sick with honey and natural medicines. She is also credited with saving Ballyvourney from the plague. Abigail ministered to the people until her “soul left her body” which in Irish legend is represented by a flying bee.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. (website)

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 11 February:

In the Liturgical calendar today is the Feast Day of St Gobnait, also known as Gobnat or Mo Gobnat, a medieval, female saint whose church was Móin Mór, later Bairnech, in the village of Ballyvourney (Baile Bhuirne), Co Cork. She was associated with the Múscraige and her church and nunnery lay on the borders between the Múscraige Mittine and Eóganacht Locha Léin. 1177 – John de Courcy’s army…

[hollytron]

Saint Gobnait window in the Honan Chapel, Cork, Ireland (1914)

Patron saint of bee keepers 🐝💞

[roman-catholic-mass-readings]

11th February >> Mass Readings (Except GB & USA)

Tuesday, Fifth Week in Ordinary Time  or Our Lady of Lourdes  or Saint Gobnait, Virgin.

Tuesday, Fifth Week in Ordinary Time 

 

(Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I))

First Reading Genesis 1:20-2:4 'Let us make man in our own image'.

God said, ‘Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth within the vault of heaven.’ And so it was. God created great sea-serpents and every kind of living creature with which the waters teem, and every kind of winged creature. God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas; and let the birds multiply upon the earth.’ Evening came and morning came: the fifth day. God said, ‘Let the earth produce every kind of living creature: cattle, reptiles, and every kind of wild beast.’ And so it was. God made every kind of wild beast, every kind of cattle, and every kind of land reptile. God saw that it was good. God said, ‘Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild beasts and all the reptiles that crawl upon the earth.’

God created man in the image of himself, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.

God blessed them, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and conquer it. Be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven and all living animals on the earth.’ God said, ‘See, I give you all the seed-bearing plants that are upon the whole earth, and all the trees with seed-bearing fruit; this shall be your food. To all wild beasts, all birds of heaven and all living reptiles on the earth I give all the foliage of plants for food.’ And so it was. God saw all he had made, and indeed it was very good. Evening came and morning came: the sixth day. Thus heaven and earth were completed with all their array. On the seventh day God completed the work he had been doing. He rested on the seventh day after all the work he had been doing. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day he had rested after all his work of creating. Such were the origins of heaven and earth when they were created.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 8:4-9

R/ How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

When I see the heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars which you arranged, what is man that you should keep him in mind, mortal man that you care for him?

R/ How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

Yet you have made him little less than a god; with glory and honour you crowned him, gave him power over the works of your hand, put all things under his feet.

R/ How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

All of them, sheep and cattle, yes, even the savage beasts, birds of the air, and fish that make their way through the waters.

R/ How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

Gospel Acclamation Psalm 118:34

Alleluia, alleluia! Train me, Lord, to observe your law, to keep it with my heart. Alleluia!

Or: Psalm 118:36,29

Alleluia, alleluia! Bend my heart to your will, O Lord, and teach me your law. Alleluia!

Gospel Mark 7:1-13 You get round the commandment of God to preserve your own tradition.

The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus, and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them. For the Pharisees, and the Jews in general, follow the tradition of the elders and never eat without washing their arms as far as the elbow; and on returning from the market place they never eat without first sprinkling themselves. There are also many other observances which have been handed down to them concerning the washing of cups and pots and bronze dishes. So these Pharisees and scribes asked him, ‘Why do your disciples not respect the tradition of the elders but eat their food with unclean hands?’ He answered, ‘It was of you hypocrites that Isaiah so rightly prophesied in this passage of scripture:

This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me. The worship they offer me is worthless, the doctrines they teach are only human regulations.

You put aside the commandment of God to cling to human traditions.’ And he said to them, ‘How ingeniously you get round the commandment of God in order to preserve your own tradition! For Moses said: Do your duty to your father and your mother, and, Anyone who curses father or mother must be put to death. But you say, “If a man says to his father or mother: Anything I have that I might have used to help you is Corban (that is, dedicated to God), then he is forbidden from that moment to do anything for his father or mother.” In this way you make God’s word null and void for the sake of your tradition which you have handed down. And you do many other things like this.’

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Our Lady of Lourdes 

(Liturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I))

(Readings for the memorial)

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Tuesday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

First Reading Isaiah 66:10-14 Towards Jerusalem I send flowing peace, like a river.

Rejoice, Jerusalem, be glad for her, all you who love her! Rejoice, rejoice for her, all you who mourned her!

That you may be suckled, filled, from her consoling breast, that you may savour with delight her glorious breasts.

For thus says the Lord: Now towards her I send flowing peace, like a river, and like a stream in spate the glory of the nations.

At her breast will her nurslings be carried and fondled in her lap. Like a son comforted by his mother will I comfort you. And by Jerusalem you will be comforted.

At the sight your heart will rejoice, and your bones flourish like the grass. To his servants the Lord will reveal his hand.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Judith 13:18a-19

R/ You are the highest honour of our race!

May you be blessed, my daughter, by God Most High, beyond all women on earth; and may the Lord God be blessed, the Creator of heaven and earth.

R/ You are the highest honour of our race!

The trust you have shown shall not pass from the memories of men, but shall ever remind them of the power of God.

R/ You are the highest honour of our race!

Gospel Acclamation cf. Luke 1:45

Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed is the Virgin Mary, who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled. Alleluia!

Gospel John 2:1-11 'My hour has not come yet' - 'Do whatever he tells you'.

There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited. When they ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the wedding was all finished, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ Jesus said ‘Woman, why turn to me? My hour has not come yet.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ There were six stone water jars standing there, meant for the ablutions that are customary among the Jews: each could hold twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the jars with water’, and they filled them to the brim. ‘Draw some out now’ he told them ‘and take it to the steward.’ They did this; the steward tasted the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it came from – only the servants who had drawn the water knew – the steward called the bridegroom and said, ‘People generally serve the best wine first, and keep the cheaper sort till the guests have had plenty to drink; but you have kept the best wine till now.’ This was the first of the signs given by Jesus: it was given at Cana in Galilee. He let his glory be seen, and his disciples believed in him.

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Saint Gobnait, Virgin 

(Liturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I))

(Readings for the memorial)

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Tuesday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

Either:

First Reading Song of Songs 8:6-7 The flash of love is a flame of the Lord himself.

Set me like a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is strong as Death, jealousy as relentless as Sheol. The flash of it is a flash of fire, a flame of the Lord himself. Love no floods can quench, no torrents drown.

Were a man to offer all the wealth of his house to buy love, contempt is all he would purchase.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Or:

First Reading Hosea 2:16,17,21-22 I will betroth you to myself for ever.

The Lord says this:

I am going to lead her out into the wilderness and speak to her heart. There she will respond to me as she did when she was young, as she did when she came out of the land of Egypt. I will betroth you to myself for ever, betroth you with integrity and justice, with tenderness and love; I will betroth you to myself with faithfulness, and you will come to know the Lord.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 44(45):11-12,14-17

R/ Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words. or R/ The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet Christ the Lord.

Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words: forget your own people and your father’s house. So will the king desire your beauty: He is your lord, pay homage to him.

R/ Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words. or R/ The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet Christ the Lord.

The daughter of the king is clothed with splendour, her robes embroidered with pearls set in gold. She is led to the king with her maiden companions.

R/ Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words. or R/ The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet Christ the Lord.

They are escorted amid gladness and joy; they pass within the palace of the king. Sons shall be yours in place of your fathers: you will make them princes over all the earth.

R/ Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words. or R/ The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet Christ the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation John 14:23

Alleluia, alleluia! If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him. Alleluia!

Or:

Alleluia, alleluia! This is the wise virgin whom the Lord found watching; she went in to the wedding feast with him when he came. Alleluia!

Or:

Alleluia, alleluia! Come, bride of Christ, and receive the crown which the Lord has prepared for you for ever. Alleluia!

Gospel Matthew 19:3-12 Husband and wife are no longer two, but one body.

Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and to test him they said, ‘Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?’ He answered, ‘Have you not read that the creator from the beginning made them male and female and that he said: This is why a man must leave father and mother, and cling to his wife, and the two become one body? They are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide.’ They said to him, ‘Then why did Moses command that a writ of dismissal should be given in cases of divorce?’ ‘It was because you were so unteachable’ he said ‘that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but it was not like this from the beginning. Now I say this to you: the man who divorces his wife – I am not speaking of fornication – and marries another, is guilty of adultery.’ The disciples said to him, ‘If that is how things are between husband and wife, it is not advisable to marry.’ But he replied, ‘It is not everyone who can accept what I have said, but only those to whom it is granted. There are eunuchs born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs made so by men and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.’

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

[cranatlives]

Chapter six discusses some lesser-known female saints (Lasair, Attracta, Cranat, Gobnait, and Dígbe—not a saint but a female poet). A conclusion completes the volume.

- Collins, T. (2019) Review: Maeve Callan, Sacred Sisters: Gender, Sanctity, and Power in Medieval Ireland

[siamkram]

Saint Gobnait (6th century), also known as Gobnat or Mo Gobnat or Abigail or Deborah, is the name of a medieval, female Irish saint whose church was Móin Mór, later Bairnech, in the village of Ballyvourney in Ireland.

Celtic lore held bees in high esteem, believing the soul left the body as a bee or a butterfly. Gobnait is said to have added beekeeping to her life's work, developing a lifelong affinity with them. She started a religious order and dedicated her days to helping the sick. It has been speculated that she used honey as a healing aid. She is credited with saving the people at Ballyvourney from the plague.

Art by Joy McAllen, text from Wikipedia

[oldirishmonasticsuggestions]

Take a little honey from the bees in those beehives you set up earlier. Be sure to leave them enough honey to last the winter. Be kind to them.

[somebogwitch]

St Gobnait, my favourite Irish saint, is patron of bees and its her feast day today. If you wanted to celebrate but can't make it to Ballyvourney then you could donate to #PeopleforBees idonate.ie/people4bees

This design by Harry Clarke for the his stain window of her would also make a great tattoo (next time 😉)

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint Abigail

5th-6th C.

Feast Day: February 11

Patronage: honeybees, beekeepers health, and fertility

Saint Abigail was a Medieval Irish saint, also known as Gobnait (Irish for Abigail which means brings joy) or Deborah (meaning honeybee). She had a special relationship with bees and would care for the sick with honey and natural medicines. She is also credited with saving Ballyvourney from the plague. Abigail ministered to the people until her “soul left her body” which in Irish legend is represented by a flying bee.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[myfavoritemartyr]

Blessed Gobnait, Patron Saint of Bees.

(Not to be confused St.s Valentine or Ambrose, Patron Saints of beekeepers)

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 11 February:

In the Liturgical calendar today is the Feast Day of St Gobnait, also known as Gobnat or Mo Gobnat, a medieval, female saint whose church was Móin Mór, later Bairnech, in the village of Ballyvourney (Baile Bhuirne), Co Cork. She was associated with the Múscraige and her church and nunnery lay on the borders between the Múscraige Mittine and Eóganacht Locha Léin. 1177 – John de Courcy’s army…

[soaringsearingphoenix]

Happy Valentine's! Idk if this is actually candy but it LOOKS like it so here.

HELL YEAH HONEY LOLLIPOP

St Valentine being patron saint of bees, and St Gobnait's day for the patron saint of beeKEEPERS being three days earlier on the 11th, i just consider Feb. 11-14 a four day long excuse to eat as much honey as possible i call it "honeyfest" and this has been my suxth year celebrating since i decided on it

[anastpaul]

Saint of the Day - 11 February - Saint Gobnata (6th Century)

Saint of the Day – 11 February – Saint Gobnata (6th Century)

Saint of the Day – 11 February – Saint Gobnata (6th Century) Abbess, Founder of a Convent and ‘Order’ of Sisters, miracle-worker, Apostle of the sick. Patronage – of bees, beekeepers. Also known as – Abigail, Albina, Deborah, Gobnat, Gobnet, Gobnait. Gobnait was born in County Clare in the 5th or 6th Century and is said to have been the sister of Saint Abban. She fled a family feud, taking…