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. I’m reading Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation. While much of his walkthrough of the past seven centuries and how Christians… Continue reading God: The Only Option
Month: August 2018
Wednesday’s Woman: St. Hunegund
The Basics: Born after 600 in France; died in 690 in France; canonized precongregation; feast day, August 25. Woman religious. The Story: Many of us have stories about old love interests, but few end the way Hunegund’s did. Born into a wealthy family, the first spouse Hunegund’s family planned for her died in childhood. The second was a… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Hunegund
“Eat What I Am Giving You”
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. But you, son of man, hear me when I speak to you and do not rebel like this rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am… Continue reading “Eat What I Am Giving You”
Wednesday’s Woman: St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk
The Basics: Born in 1110 in Belarus; died in 1173 in Israel; canonized in 1984 by John Paul II; feast day, May 23. Woman religious, composer. The Story: Euphrosyne’s sixty-plus years were full of reboots and redirections. The daughter of nobility, she rebelled when her parents were making plans for her marriage. (She was only twelve.) The child… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk