By CHE, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Out of a storm-lashed sea a band of bedraggled Christians reached the Scottish shore from their ship. Regulus, an abbot and keeper of the relics clutched a box for all his worth, with twenty other refugees following him. While they...
By CHE, licensed under CC BY 4.0. One of Queen Margaret’s greatest legacies was the enduring faith of her sons and their descendants. William of Malmesbury could say in 1127: ‘Never have we been told among the events of history, of three kings – and at the same time...
It is not often that a queen washes the feet of the poor in her castle. Nor is it usual for such a person to impact a nation through her godliness, practical kindness and love, so that Scotland produced its golden age of kings for about two hundred years, because of...
Jesus Christ taught his disciples, ‘Heal the sick’. This was understood by the Early Church to mean that God would miraculously heal people in answer to prayer, but that also the medical practice should be an important part of the church’s ministry. Clearly the...