Today the church remembers Anskar, 801–865 “apostle to the Scandinavians” whose work was pretty much a bust, but which laid a foundation for the future.

                           Antiphon: Psalm 75

God 

does 

not 

jud-

ge 

by what the eye sees 

but in truth and equity. 

Keep your 

church from 

discouragement 

in the day of small things, knowing that when you have 

begun a good work, you will bring it to a fruitful conclusion  - Collect