Life of St Columba by Adomnan of Iona

Author:Adomnan of Iona
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Religious, Religion, Christianity, Saints & Sainthood, Christian Church, History, Europe, Ireland, Great Britain, General, Christian Theology
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 1995-02-23T05:18:55+00:00

Every conscientious reader who has finished reading this three-part book should mark well how great and special is the merit of our reverend abbot; how great and special is his honour in God’s sight; how great and special were his experiences of angelic visits and heavenly light; how great was the grace of prophecy in him; how great and how frequent was the brilliant light of heaven which shone on him as he dwelt in mortal flesh and which, after his most gentle soul had left the tabernacle of the body, does not cease even today. For the place where his bones rest is still visited by the light of heaven and by numbers of angels, as is known from those of the elect who have themselves seen this. 421

This too is no small favour conferred by God on the man of blessed memory, that one who dwelt in this little island on the edge of the ocean should have earned a reputation that is famous not only in our own Ireland and in Britain, the largest of ocean’s islands, but has also reached the three corners of Spain and Gaul and Italy beyond the Alps, and even Rome itself, the chief of all cities. 422 This great and special renown is known to have been bestowed on St Columba along with other divine gifts by God himself, who loves them that love him and who raises to the heights with honour and glory them that magnify him with sweet praises, who is blessed for ever.

Amen.

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