Feb 9 Cronan the Wise d. 8th c.

Thommy and John

Good morning
I love you

February 9 St. Cronan the Wise d. 8th century

Cronan the Wise. If you were to fill in the blanks, what would you put [one word per blank]
Dad the _____
Mom the _____
Thommy the _____
John the _____

Remember, today as I type this, 2-6-8, is Ash Wednesday .
What word is it? What word do you wish it were? What word are we aspiring to? Yes, we.

Cronan the Wise, in the seven hundreds systematized canon law in Ireland. The Irish, the Celts, had a highly developed and deeply ingrained system of law long before Patrick showed up. And Church Law in Ireland was an amalgamation of local law and customs and what was imported from Rome – remember the Easter dating conflict that was not only an Irish-Rome wrestling match but lasted longest with Ireland.

As a bishop of Ireland, Cronan the Wise led an effort in the 700s to make sense out of all the laws and expectations and rite and rituals and customs and traditions – as much to sanctify what was ingrained in the people as well as to facilitate the adoption of the Church Law.

Not unlike any household. It is the responsibility of the Spouses [spice?] to bring to their unity a family assimilation of Church and family law and traditions; the former always trump, the latter each has a responsibility to accommodate to the other. And it is the responsibility of the spouses-parents to build this bonded foundation for the children to be planted in, to stand on, to grow from….

I love you
dad