Saturday – 9th Week in Ordinary Time – A – Optional Memorial of Saint Norbert, Bishop
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate the Optional Memorial of Saint Norbert. Who was Saint Norbert? Saint Norbert was born around the year 1080 in Xanten, in present-day Germany. He originally lived a rather comfortable and worldly life as a noble cleric attached to the imperial court. However, after a dramatic experience in which he was nearly struck by lightning while riding on horseback, he underwent a profound conversion.