Love is as strong as death

Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige · Aug 7, 2025 · 1m

On Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a scripture passage from the beginning of the book of the prophet Hosea (1:1-9; 3:1-5) entitled "The prophet, a sign of God's love for his people". Our treasure, which follows, is from a treatise by Baldwin, bishop Canterbury. Baldwin of Forde was Archbishop of Canterbury between 1185 and 1190. The son of a clergyman, he studied canon law and theology at Bologna and was tutor to Pope Eugene III's nephew before returning to England to serve successive bishops of Exeter. After becoming a…