As we saw with Thomas the Apostle's defeat by Albert Schweitzer yesterday, the Dangerous Disciples are no longer a Duo. Today sees the other of Jesus' chosen friends, Andrew the Fisherman, going up against the medieval preacher, Polish saint, and water walker, Hyacinth.
Reading today's post at the Lent Madness website, I noted that water walking is a theme in this year's LM: Piran of Cornwall surfed on a millstone, Canaire walked on the ocean to go browbeat a stodgy abbot, and Hyacinth used his cloak as a ferry service. Me, I fall out of my kayak. Go figure.
As a preacher, there's something humbling that while Hyacinth was famous for his sermons, not a word of them survives, and yet he is remembered for spreading the faith all through the Baltic region and parts of eastern Europe.
Like St Hyacinth, St Andrew also spread the faith across the known world, and likewise spread his bones. The image above purports to show those of his bones currently resident in Scotland - about 7% of the bones of his body. The rest are spread far and wide. Talk about feeling scattered!
I'm going to call St Andrew as today's winner, because Scotland. Vote here.
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