St. Bede the Venerable, Confessor and Doctor of the Church (27 May) ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

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On May 27, the Church honors Saint Bede the Venerable, Confessor and Doctor of the Church — the great English monk, historian, theologian, and lover of Sacred Scripture. In this moving reading from Dom Prosper Guéranger’s Liturgical Year, we encounter the humility, holiness, scholarship, and holy death of one of the greatest lights of Christian England. St. Bede devoted his life to prayer, study, teaching, and praise of the Most Holy Trinity. Faithful to the teachings of the Fathers, he became one of the Church’s greatest scholars and helped preserve the faith and history of early Christianity in England. This reading explores: The life of St. Bede the Venerable England as the “Isle of Saints” Sacred Scripture and fidelity to tradition The holy death of St. Bede Monastic life and learning The glory of the Holy Trinity Catholic scholarship and holiness The Christian heritage of England Dom Guéranger beautifully presents St. Bede as the model of faithful learning united with sanctity — a monk whose final words were praise to the Blessed Trinity. “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.” 00:00 – Introduction: St. Bede the Venerable 00:17 – The spread of Christianity through Europe 00:32 – England’s conversion and Christian heritage 00:48 – The Venerable Bede introduced 00:57 – Seeking God in Scripture and history 01:12 – Disciple of the Church Fathers 01:20 – St. Bede summarizes his own life 01:42 – Writing commentaries on Sacred Scripture 01:51 – Prayer to attain eternal wisdom 02:09 – The holy death of St. Bede 02:18 – His final illness and constant prayer 02:26 – Ascension antiphon repeated with tears 02:42 – “I am not afraid to die” 02:51 – Translating the Gospel of St. John 03:09 – Continuing work despite suffering 03:23 – Urging disciples to finish writing 03:39 – “Take thy pen and write quickly” 03:48 – Final gifts and farewell to priests 04:05 – Desire to be with Christ 04:23 – Dialogue with the child disciple 04:39 – “It is finished” 04:46 – Facing the oratory in death 04:54 – Final doxology to the Holy Trinity 05:11 – Early life and education 05:27 – Monk and scholar 05:43 – Study of Scripture, Greek, and Hebrew 05:50 – Ordained priest at age 30 05:58 – Fidelity to the Fathers of the Church 06:13 – Prayer and study united 06:26 – Refusal of worldly honors 06:34 – Fame for holiness and learning 06:43 – Writing to defend and spread the Faith 06:59 – Called “The Teacher of the English” 07:15 – Origin of the title “Venerable” 07:32 – Holiness confirmed his teaching 07:39 – Final illness and translation work 08:03 – Receiving the last sacraments 08:11 – Holy death in praise of the Trinity 08:19 – Burial and translation of relics 08:34 – Declared Doctor of the Universal Church 08:52 – Glory of the Blessed Trinity 09:25 – Creation and divine praise 09:48 – Perfection through conformity to Christ 10:06 – His last breath spent in praise 10:29 – Mysteries of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost 10:44 – England as the “Isle of Saints” 10:59 – Prayer for England’s return to fidelity https://sensusfidelium.com/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/may/may-27-st-bede-the-venerable-confessor-and-doctor-of-the-church/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 #StBede #VenerableBede #Catholic #DomGueranger #LiturgicalYear #DoctorOfTheChurch #CatholicSaints #ChurchHistory #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicFaith #SaintOfTheDay #HolyTrinity #CatholicScholar #ChristianEngland #MonasticLife

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