Today is the feast of St Bede, usually known as the Venerable Bede. He is one of the great saints of Britain and therefore patron of my seminary in Rome, named the Beda after his name in Latin and Italian. He lived about 672-735, and spent the whole of that life in the North-East. he became a monk in the double monastery of St Peter near present day Sunderland and St Paul in Jarrow. We visited Jarrow on our September Pilgrimage in 2018. He was a man of great holiness (therefore "vdenerable") and learning, but he is especialy celebrated for his historical writing. "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" is an absolute classic, and is indeed still our main source of knowledge about the period from the Romans to his time. Phenomenal - and all from his cell, and he never travelled further than York it seems. So, St Bede pray for Britain, for the Beda in Rome and all past students - us "Beda Boys". This is a view of the seminary garden.
Now, how's this for contrast. This Bank Holiday weekend I found a few sites on Youtube where younger people discover and are filmed reacting to classics of popular music from the late sixties and seventies, such as the Who, Queen's early years, Yes etc. I've enjoyed seeeing their reactions to some of these great classics, and it takes me back to my enjoyment of them then and ever since. So here is one of those songs that was part of the soundtrack of the second half of my teenage years - the great Crosby, Stills and Nash and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"(1969).
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