Subj : October 8th - St. Keyne To : All From : rich Date : Sun Oct 07 2018 08:31:45 From: rich October 8th - St. Keyne =C2 (Also known as Cain, Ceinwen, Kean, Keyna, Kenya) of Wales, Hermit an= d Virgin Died in Wales, 5th or 6th century; her feast appears on October 7 on some calendars. The only unassailable statements that can be made about this saint, is that her name is associated with southern Wales and western Herefordshire, and that Robert Southey wrote a humorous poem about her holy well near Liskeard in Cornwall, called "The well of Saint Keyne". Traditionally, the husband or wife who first drinks of the well waters is said to 'get the mastery.' The poem tells of a Cornish groom who leaves his bride on the church porch in order to be the first at the well. The wife outsmarted him by taking a bottle of the water into the church and drinking it as he was on his way. Although it is assumed, because of the legend, that Keyne was a maiden, the saint's gender has been called into question. She had a strong cultus in Wales and Cornwall, evidenced by many the many ancient churches under her protection, and that she is always identified as a virgin dedicated to God. In fact, in Wales she is known as "Cain Wyry" or Keyne the Maiden. The argument for her being a man is based on the fact that she preached and built churches, which was hard work and entailed many dangers during that period. She is reputed to be one of the 24 saintly children of Brychan of Brecknock (f.d. April 6). The legend recorded in the 14th century by John of Tynemouth makes her an extremely beautiful maiden who refused all offers of marriage. Instead she became both a recluse and an itinerant evangelist, from Brecknock to Saint Michael's Mount in Cornwall, where she met her nephew Saint Cadoc (f.d. September 25). Cadoc persuaded her to return to Wales. There "she made for herself a habitation in a certain hillock at the roots of a certain great mountain," and there caused a healing well to spring up. Before her death she told Cadoc that the place would fall into the hands of a sinful race, whom she would root out and lead thither other men, who would find her forgotten tomb, "and in this place the name of the Lord shall be blessed forever." Local legend speaks of the spiral stones in the form of serpents being snakes turned to stone by her prayers. She is patron of Saint Keyne in Cornwall and, possibly, of Llangeinor (Mid Glamorgan). Some claim the Saint Keyne was a hermit at Keynsham (Cainsliam) in Somersetshire and that it is named after her; others that she has no cultus in Somerset and that the name comes from 'Ceagin's (Caega's) hamm.' (Attwater, Attwater2, Benedictines, Coulson, Farmer, Husenbeth, Walsh). Saint Keyne is depicted as a female hermit turning serpents into stone. Pictures of her death show her attended by an angel, who strips off her hairshirt and robes her in white (Roeder). She is venerated at Keynsham (Roeder). Saint Quote: The Word who became all things for us is close to us, our Lord Jesus Christ who promises to remain with us always. He cries out, saying: See, I am with you all the days of this age. He is himself the shepherd, the high priest, the way and the door, and has become all things at once for us. --Saint Athanasius the Great Bible Quote: 4 =E2=80=9CHear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;[a] 5 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. 6 And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; 7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. [Deuteronomy 6:4-7]=C2 RSVCE <><><><> Troparion of St. Keyne Tone 8 Having turned serpents to stone, =C2 thou didst give thy name to Keynsham, O holy Keyne, / and after thy life, resplendent with miracles, / our Father Cadoc ministered to thee at thy repose .../ By thy prayers, O Virgin, may we be granted great mercy. <><><><> Invitation to Jesus: a prayer of Saint Gertrude. O Jesus, surpassingly sweet, who has said with Thine own gracious lips that Thy delights are to be with the children of men, my soul longeth for Thee, my heart yearneth now towards Thee. I invite Thee to come unto me with all that devotion, and that love, wherewith any loving soul hath ever invited Thee to itself. Come, then, O most beloved, and only love of my soul; come and turn aside awhile into the poor and wretched hovel of my heart. Come, Thou Heavenly Physician, come and heal my stricken soul. Amen. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .