Blessed Margaret of Castello was born in Italy about 1287, and died in 1320. We celebrate her feast day today. Margaret was 
born blind, and suffered from curvature of the spine. First, her family kept her confined to a small room, then they abandoned her after a visit to a shrine failed to cure her. A group of women who found her in a church adopted and raised her.
After some additional troubles, Margaret became a Dominican tertiary where she spent her days in prayer and as a teacher.
The lectionary readings for today, Palm Sunday, include this from Isaiah 50:6: “I gave my back to those who beat me, my check to those who tore out my beard; my face I did not hide from insults and spitting.”
Some of our crosses are visible; others are not. Do something today to ease the suffering of a family member or friend. It doesn’t have to be anything large or dramatic.
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