Note: A longer version of the post below appears at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. Estimates are that around 50,000 people lived in Jerusalem in Jesus’ time. But the number in town swelled by more than double, perhaps by five times, for holidays such as Passover. One might imagine the city fairly bursting… Continue reading While Your Temple Still Survives…
Month: April 2015
Wednesday’s Women: Sts. Irene, Agape, and Chionia
The Basics: Birthdates unknown, in Greece; died 304, in Greece; canonized pre-congregation; feast day, April 3. Martyrs. The Story: Irene’s older sisters, Agape and Chionia, had been burned alive. Their “crimes” had included possessing holy scriptures and refusing to eat meat sacrificed to the gods. Irene remained steadfast in refusing to participate in the sacrifice, and was… Continue reading Wednesday’s Women: Sts. Irene, Agape, and Chionia
On the Nightstand: April 2015
I don’t read as much fiction as I once did, which makes me sad sometimes. But that sort of reading seems to get crowded out by the daily readings, devotions, and writings by or about the saints. Not this month! I met Bill Peak, the author of The Oblate’s Confession,at a writers’ conference in February,… Continue reading On the Nightstand: April 2015
Being Christ in Our Lives: Mary Ann Rozum
St. Frances Cabrini once said, “Give me a heart as big as the universe.” I don’t know if my friend Mary Ann Rozum here in northern Virginia ever prays that prayer, but she lives it every day. Mary Ann’s heart is almost as huge as her faith. Now retired, her federal career took her to… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Mary Ann Rozum