April 17 in the Year of Our Lord 1387

On April 17 in the Year of Our Lord 1387, a group of pilgrims began a journey to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. We know their stories through the Canterbury Tales. The Knight, the Miller, the Reeve, the Cook. The Man of Law. The Wife of Bath, the Friar, the Summoner. The Clerk, the Merchant. The Squire, the Franklin. The Physician, the Pardoner. The Shipman, the Prioress, Sir Thopas, Melibee, the Monk, the Nun’s Priest. The Second Nun, the Canon’s Yeoman. The Manciple. The Parson.

We still have much to learn from their tales. If only Chaucer had finished them

“Qui cum patre et spiritu sancto vivit et regnat deus per omnia secula. Amen.”