Today, on Day 306 of Saints in a Year, we honor Saint Ingrid of Skänninge, the first Dominican nun in Sweden and foundress of the first Dominican cloister for women there.

Under the spiritual direction of the Dominican priest Peter of Dacia, Ingrid embraced Dominican spirituality and eventually founded St. Martin's in Skänninge in 1281. She died only about a year later, but devotion surrounding her holiness continued.

Her unusual recognition history is fascinating. A canonization process began in 1405, Swedish bishops promoted her cause at the Council of Constance, an investigation followed in 1416–1417, and the cause was revived in 1497. In 1507, her relics were solemnly translated and a Mass and Divine Office were composed in her honor. However, a final formal papal canonization apparently never occurred.

During the Protestant Reformation in Sweden, her convent and relics were destroyed.

Yet more than seven centuries later, Catholics still remember Saint Ingrid and the life she gave to God.

Scripture

"I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth."

1 Corinthians 3:6

Thought to Remember

We are called to be faithful with our chapter and trust God with the rest of the story.

Ingrid never saw how everything would turn out. Neither will we. There will be prayers whose answers we never see, seeds whose harvest belongs to another generation, and work that continues after we're gone. Our job is not to control the ending. Our job is to remain faithful.

Prayer

Saint Ingrid of Skänninge, pray for us when life changes in ways we never expected. Give us courage to follow Christ wherever He leads, teach us to plant faithfully even when someone else will see the harvest, and help us trust God with the rest of our story.

Saint Ingrid of Skänninge, pray for us. Amen.

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