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St. Columba’s Day - 9 June 2014 -Traprain Minister

Feast of Saint Columba 

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9 June 2013 – St. Columba’s Day
Posted on June 8, 2013 by David Scott

Today, we are used to copyright laws. Did you know that St. Columba was one of the first to break them? Finian had a beautiful Psalter. Columba borrowed it without permission and copied the contents.

Columba's House Kells
Finian reported the crime to the king. There was a battle. Many people were killed and Columba fled in a coracle to the island of Iona where he could no longer see his native lreland. Here he established a religious community in 563 AD, 1,450 years ago!
It not only became a place of learning producing the ‘The Book of Kells’ but also a base from which he and his monks were able to travel into the heart of the West Highlands making converts to Christianity among the High Kings and Chiefs!
In his biography, Adomnan gives Columba another name – Colum Cille which means ‘the dove of the church’. He was a man of great learning and a deep spirituality who had a rare affinity with animals and a gentle attitude to other people.
But he also had another nickname – Crimthann which means ‘the fox’. And the fox is clever, cunning, fearless, untouchable. And so was Columba. He was proud, fearless in battle, hasty to speak out for justice, a warrior as well as a peace-maker.
‘Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves,’ says Jesus, ‘so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.’ If the servants of God were all dove and no fox, they would probably be so heavenly minded as to be no earthly use!
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