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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Friday, June 5th, 2020. It is also the feast day of St. Boniface. Now, St. Boniface is a very interesting saint. He lived way back in the 600th, and he was from England. In fact, he was a Benedictine monk,

but he didn't live his whole life in a monastery or abbey like most monks do. In fact, he was called

by the Pope to go and be a missionary into places of Europe. They were places like Germany and up into Norway, a big

region of area where the Germanic tribes lived. Now, this place had been, they had brought the

church, the faith of Jesus Christ, to this part of the world. But what happened is that many people living there had

really become confused about what Christianity was. In fact, the faith was being all mixed up with pagan

religions. And in some places, they were even worshipping Jesus alongside other gods.

Other terrible things were happening in that the clergy was terribly corrupt.

The priests were no longer saying mass correctly. There was many, many problems.

So St. Bonifist devoted his life to evangelizing or even re-evangelizing the Germanic tribes regions and bringing them back fully into the church.

He spent his whole life doing this, really working to help the clergy be obedient.

Now, as you know, there's a priest at your church, but that priest, he is led by the bishop of your diocese, and that bishop answers to the

pope. In fact, oftentimes, the bishops are called to room to have meetings with the pope,

and our church is the universal church, meaning that we are all around the world with all

types of people, but we are all connected through a system.

So anyway, Saint Boniface gave his life in this work, and eventually he actually was

murdered while doing this work. When he was up in an area by Norway, he actually was massacred

by a tribe, well, preparing people for their confirmation. So he is a

great saint to pray to if you are preparing to receive your confirmation. He is also a great

saint to pray to for the help of our priests, who have had such a hard time during all of this

coronavirus closures and can feel pretty

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