Northern France stood astounded at the success
Of St. Bertin in the most sublime
Creative art, the making
Of divine humanity – hundreds of monks
And laymen shining with the blinding
Beauty of Taboric Light; Artois
Saturated with heavenly immanence;
A foretaste of the sweetness of the eschaton
Satisfied many souls.
What madness
Has impelled us to abandon
The ascetic life that actualized
The highest human aspirations?
. . .
The rest is at https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/western-devolution/.
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To read an account of the life of St Bertin, mash this link:
https://www.bartleby.com/210/9/052.html
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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to the Union!
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