[OxfordMovement]

I hope I'm not butting in since I'm not Roman Catholic yet, but in my very anglo-catholic Episcopal Church we followed this beautiful tradition. I chose "Bernard" which my family and friends thought a bit old fashioned and funny, but my priest had given me a book with the most beautiful quote from St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and when I read it I knew I wanted him for my saint. I believe St. Bernard has been interceding for me and pointing me toward the whole truth of Jesus Christ and His marvelous Church.

[neocon]

Bernard is a wonderful choice! I'm always inspired by his lyrical sermons. He played a very important role in the development of Trappist (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, a reform of the Benedictines) monastic spirituality.

[history_matters]

You are most welcome here, Oxford. I always feel deeply moved by your posts. They are so heartfelt and honest. We could use another St. Bernard right now. I think you picked one of the super saints, as Bob and Penny Lord like to say.

[american colleen]

I hope I'm not butting in since I'm not Roman Catholic yet, but in my very anglo-catholic Episcopal Church we followed this beautiful tradition.

Will you stop with the butting in talk! Of course you aren't butting in! (I hope that sounds nice, because that is the way I mean it). I'm sure a lot of Anglicans and Orthodox and Catholics can add to this thread. It's another "cool" thing about being a member of a sacramental religion.

I love Bernard, it is a warm, loving name. I wanted Agatha or Agnes, but I really got a hard time from friends and family. I took Eileen (a derivative of Helen of St. Helen of the Cross) but it was really in memory of my dear grandmother who raised me, my brother and sister.

I made my confirmation AFTER I got married, at age 28. I was married by a priest who also has uses "general absolution"... no, I don't go to that church anymore, I changed parishes. Funny, but the priest who uses general absolution is the one who is most often used by the Boston Globe when they need a priest to speak regarding the "scandal" in the Boston Archdiocese.