BY Bridget Orr | August 22 | 
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Archbishop Cushley to honour St Margaret of Scotland at national pilgrimage
Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh (above) will address the Scottish national Pilgrimage to Carfin with a homily in honor of St Margaret of Scotland in Carfin on September 4.
The Archbishop, who described St Margaret as an ‘extraordinary example of mercy for us and for our entire nation,’ recently led his archdiocesan pilgrimage in her honour, when 1200 pilgrims gathered in Dunfermline on June 12.
During the pilgrimage, Archbishop Cushley described St Margaret as someone to ‘thank God for, and to celebrate’ during the Year of Mercy.
“We receive that great gift of mercy from God first and then in becomes a joyful burden, it becomes a joyful and light duty to take that mercy to those around us – whether they deserve it or not,” the Archbishop said. “Margaret understood that, she understood it profoundly, and she lived it on a daily basis in the most beautiful, the most extraordinary and the most consistent way possible.”
St Margaret became Queen of Scots in 1070 upon marriage to King Malcolm III.
During her reign, she became famed for her charity to the sick and poor, her religious devotion and encouraging Scots to observe Sunday as a day of rest.
She was canonized by Pope Innocent IV in 1250, and declared Patroness of Scotland in 1673.
The National Pilgrimage in Carfin will take place at 3pm on September 4 led by Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow, with confessions taking place beforehand from midday.
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