Saint Boniface
Prudence (
754 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 5 June
Saints Who Exemplify the Virtues
Boniface was born of Anglo-Saxon nobles in Devon , England 
He entered the monastery school 
as a boy & at 13 declared his desire to take the habit. After ordination, he faced a promising future in England, but he chose to become a missionary
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Boniface 's 1st mission was at Friesland (modern Netherlands ), but, faced with a complex political situation, he went back to England & thence to Rome 
where the pope gave him a broad mandate to preach to the German peoples. He made his way north, preaching in Bavaria , Hesse , & Thuringia . At Geismar , he boldly struck at the root of an ancient oak tree 
dedicated to the god Thor 
& many conversions followed.
Boniface 's decision to attack the false worship at its base proved right. Boniface's letters to other missionaries 
show his zeal for souls. They also testify to his method: after sowing the seeds of the Gospel , he called in his friends to water them-other Benedictine monks & nuns who founded monastic centers of culture & education 
His prudent successes led him to be entrusted with the reform of the Frankish church
Boniface was in his 70s when he retired from his see in Mainz & returned to the rough Frieslanders , determined to complete his missions among them. His was not a merely earthly prudence, but one inspired from above 
Tribesmen surprised his party, & the elderly bishop was murdered as he leaned over his book: Saint Ambrose 's "On the Advantage of Death" 
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Merciful Father, through the intercession of Saint Boniface , help me to judge the truth rightly and will the good promptly 
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