History
Bishop Thorfinn lived in Norway in
the 13th century. For a while, there was an agreement between King
Magnus VI and the Church. But then Magnus died and King Eric took over. He wasn’t
fond of the Church and he made things very difficult for the priests and
bishops. Eventually, the king outlawed the bishops, including Bishop Thorfinn!
Bishop Thorfinn had to escape, and then he got sick and died. Pretty much
everybody forgot about him. But 50 years later, Bishop Thorfinn’s tomb was
opened, and instead of the smell of death, there was a nice odor. A poem
written by a monk on a piece of parchment hung over the bishop’s body, and it
looked just as new as the day it had been placed there. So the monk who had
written it was found and asked what kind of a man Bishop Thorfinn had been, and
then people kept his memory alive.
Activity
Do you ever feel like you’re so
unimportant, everybody will forget about you? Everybody wants to feel like they
are important. Saint Thorfinn knew he was important to God, even if the king
didn’t like him, and even if he didn’t do anything special enough for people to
remember. Today, pray that God will help you feel His love for you.
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