St. Margaret of Scotland
St. Margaret of Scotland
Died: 1093
Margaret was an English princess. She and her mother sailed to Scotland to escape from the king who had conquered their land. King Malcolm of Scotland welcomed them and fell in love with the beautiful princess. Margaret and Malcolm were married before too long.
As Queen, Margaret changed her husband and the country for the better. Malcolm was good, but he and his court were very rough. When he saw how wise his beloved wife was, he listened to her good advice. She softened his temper and led him to practice great virtue. She made the court beautiful and civilized. Soon all the princes had better manners, and the ladies copied her purity and devotion. The king and queen gave wonderful example to everyone by the way they prayed together and fed crowds of poor people with their own hands. They seemed to have only one desire: to make everyone happy and good.
Margaret was a blessing for all the people of Scotland. Before she came, there was great ignorance and many bad habits among them. Margaret worked hard to obtain good teachers, to correct the evil practices, and to have new churches built. She loved to make these churches beautiful for God's glory, and she embroidered the priest's vestments herself.
God sent this holy Queen six sons and two daughters. She loved them dearly and raised them well. The youngest boy became St. David. But Margaret had sorrows, too. In her last illness, she learned that both her husband and her son, Edward, had been killed in battle. Yet she prayed: "I thank You, Almighty God, for sending me so great a sorrow to purify me from my sins."
Let us take this saintly Queen for our example. While we do our duties, let us keep in mind the joys that God will give us in Heaven. Her feast day is November 16th.
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I am proud to be a descendant of St. Margret, but didn't follow the Catholic faith, sorry!
I too am a relative of the Queens.
Dear St Margaret - Please pray for all mothers, especially myself - being a mother of four and a grandmother of 11. In the present climate of descension with all the vile temptations that are abound, we pray for the wisdom to raise our children the holiness that Our Good LORD JESUS CHRIST desires of us. Amen.
St Margaret of Scotland pray for us all, both men and women that we will seek God's infinite wisdom and understanding, so that by treating our fellow man with compassion and love, we are truly doing the will of our Heavenly Lord our God. I ask that you also pray for our young and our older women, who are or might be caught up into today's society of self, and all that it details. I ask that you pray for my daughter, that she seek your example and well as Our Lady's example of being the Lord's handmaiden. In Christ our Lord's name I pray. Amen
St. Margret of Scotland, You were an ideal wife, ideal queen and ideal daughter of the church. Please pray for us.
St. Margaret of Scotland
is my ancestral grad mother,on my dads side through her marraige to king malcom the 3rd of scotland
victoria squire
My 27th grandmother through her daughter Matilda. A truly inspiring woman.
Saint Margaret of Scotland is my 28th great grandmother.
this is good! ( i am geting my confirmation this year in gr.7) :)
i love ST Margaret of scotland
I have been inspired by the life of St. Margaret of Scotland BUT I am soooo disappointed that NOONE seems to publish a prayer card in her name!
I chose Saint Margaret of Scotland as my Confirmation Saint name. She seemed to be a very inspirational woman to many who had great integrity and wisdom. I truly long to resemble a figure such like this Saint.
~Francesca Irene Umili
Saint Margaret of Scotland is my 25th great-grandmother. Some day I would like to go to Scotland to stand on the same land she did. What an awesome lady she was!
St. Queen Margaret is also a distant great-grandmother of mine through her daughter Matilda.
St. Margaret is 28th great grandmother. I am honored to be apart of her lineage.
Saiint Margaret is also my 27th Great Grandmother, I am in Canada, I wonder how far across the world the branches of our tree stem to?
St. Margaret is a wonderful role model and she is an immensly generous person. I am choosing her as my confirmation saint as well, because I want to follow in her foot steps. Also, she is my 29th or 27th great grandmother-and I am proud to be a grandchild of hers.
St margaret was one amongest many, she served her life with honest GOD s work, I ask for a prayer through our Lord Jesus to emulate her good works.
St. Margaret of Scotland is my 27th great grandmother. She has many living descendants because she had 8 children. I am actually descended from at least 2 of them, due to intermarriage among the nobility. One of my friends on Facebook is a cousin of mine, descended from her. I recently learned that she is the patron saint of large families - the perfect patron saint for a genealogist like myself. I find her VERY inspiring. She is the perfect example of a wealthy ruler caring for the poor before herself.
Does anyone know if St. Margaret of Scotland Guild is still active in Buffalo, NY?