Hello all, Thanks to "foggin" for the posting. Cuthbert had been a monk at the Celtic monastery of Melrose, which preceeded the medieval Catholic Melrose Abbey in the Scottish borders. He later worked in Pictish territories up near Glamis, where the late Queen Mother's family originated. At Lindisfarne he liked to stand in the sea and pray, until he nearly suffered hypothermia. The sea otters would come back to his hut to keep him warm afterwards. Most importantly, his feast day is March 20, and this is one of those years when March 20 is also the Vernal Equinox. Here is the collect used at Durham Cathedral, where his body is buried, on his feast day: "Almighty God, who didst call thy servant Cuthbert from keeping sheep to follow thy Son and to be a shepherd of thy people, mercifully grant that we, following his example and caring for those who are lost, may bring them home to thy fold, through thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen." So, have a happy St. Cuthbert's Day! If we don't, who will? Ken Cuthbertson Albuquerque, NM, USA