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St. Bridget Feast Day October 8 Born in Sweden of noble and devout parents, Bridget lived a very holy life. She was so affected by meditating on the Passion of the Lord that she could not think of it without tears. She was given in marriage to Ulf, prince of Nierck, and urged him to works of devotion both by her good example and by her effective words. She educated her children most devotedly and served the poor and the sick. Her husband became a Cistercian monk and died soon after, and Bridget thereupon adopted a more austere way of life. Many secret things were then divinely revealed to her. She founded the monastery of Vadstena under the rule of the Holy Savior, and went to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage. Finally at Rome, when she had suffered for a whole year from a grave illness, she went to heaven. Renowned for miracles, she was enrolled among the Saints by Boniface IX. (From Matins of the feast of St. Bridget) |