Tsaran ranar 1 ga Fabrairu: Labarin Saint Ansgar, waliyin Denmark

"Manzo zuwa arewa" (Scandinavia) yana da isasshen takaici ya zama waliyi, kuma ya aikata hakan. Ya zama Benedictine a Corbie, Faransa, inda ya yi karatu. Shekaru uku bayan haka, lokacin da sarkin Denmark ya musulunta, Ansgar ya je waccan ƙasar tsawon shekaru uku na aikin mishan, ba tare da wata nasara ba. Sweden ta nemi mishan mishan, kuma ya tafi can, ya jimre da kame ‘yan fashin teku da sauran wahalhalu a kan hanya. Kasa da shekaru biyu daga baya, an sake kiran shi ya zama babban bawan New Corbie (Corvey) da bishop na Hamburg. Paparoman ya sanya shi ɗaure don ayyukan Scandinavia. Kudade don manzancin arewa sun tsaya tare da mutuwar Emperor Louis. Bayan shekaru 13 na aiki a Hamburg, Ansgar ya ga saukar da shi ƙasa da mamayar mutanen Arewa; Sweden da Denmark sun koma ga maguzanci.

Ya jagoranci sabbin ayyukan manzanni a Arewa, yana tafiya zuwa Denmark kuma yana taimakawa canza wani sarki. Tare da baƙon fa'idar jefa ƙuri'a, sarkin Sweden ya ba da damar mishan mishan su dawo.

Tarihin tarihin Ansgar sun lura cewa shi mai wa’azi ne na musamman, mai tawali’u da firist mai son kai. Ya kasance mai sadaukarwa ga matalauta da marasa lafiya, ya yi koyi da Ubangiji ta hanyar wanke ƙafafunsu yana yi musu hidima a tebur. Ya mutu cikin lumana a Bremen, Jamus, ba tare da cika burinsa na yin shahada ba.

Sweden ta sake zama ta arna bayan mutuwarsa kuma ta kasance a haka har zuwa lokacin da mishaneri suka dawo ƙarni biyu bayan haka. Sant'Ansgar ya ba da liyafa tare da San Biagio ranar 3 ga Fabrairu.

Tunani

Tarihi ya rubuta abin da mutane suke yi maimakon abin da suke. Duk da haka ƙarfin hali na maza da mata kamar Ansgar na iya zuwa ne kawai daga tushe mai ƙarfi na haɗin kai tare da asalin mishan mai ƙarfin hali da haƙuri. Rayuwar Ansgar wata tunatarwa ce cewa Allah yana rubutu kai tsaye da layuka karkatattu. Kristi yana kula da sakamakon ridda a hanyarsa; ya damu da farko game da tsarkin manzannin kansu.