Note: I’m currently featuring women saints who had notable relationships with male saints–their sons, husbands, fathers, or colleagues in faith. The Basics: Silvia, born about 515 in Italy;died about 592 in Italy; feast day, November 3. canonized pre-congregation. Wife, mother. Gregory, born about 540 in Italy; died March 12, 604; feast day, September 3. Pope and Doctor… Continue reading Saints Silvia and Gregory the Great
Month: September 2017
Radiating His Light
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Some of us seek to touch the lesser celebrities of our world, the reality-show stars, the titans of commerce, the political power brokers. As Paul puts it in… Continue reading Radiating His Light
Wednesday’s People: Blessed Gisela and Saint Stephen of Hungary
Note: I’m currently featuring women saints who had notable relationships with male saints–their sons, husbands, fathers, or colleagues in faith. The Basics: Gisela, born about 985 in Germany; died May 7, 1060, in Germany; beatified in 1975 by Paul VI; feast days, May 7 and February 1. Wife, mother, queen, and abbess. Stephen, born about 975… Continue reading Wednesday’s People: Blessed Gisela and Saint Stephen of Hungary
Not for Wrath, but for Salvation
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Worrying is dangerous. Many of our first-world worries of the day—will Metro be a mess yet again, will the store have canned lentils, will the repair person come… Continue reading Not for Wrath, but for Salvation