St. Bernadette Soubirous was born in France on January 7, 1844, and died on this date in 1879. You probably know the story of the six months during which the Blessed Virgin appeared to Bernadette, a sickly, functionally illiterate fourteen year old. The girl’s witness never wavered, no matter how often or how long authorities questioned… Continue reading St. Bernadette Soubirous: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
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St. Hunna: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
St. Hunna died about 679 in France, and today is her feast day. Hunna was known as the “holy washerwoman” because even though she was the wife of a duke, her focus was on serving the poor and of helping all, rich or poor, with their laundry. Verses 3 and 4 from Psalm 51 seem… Continue reading St. Hunna: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
St. Lidwina of Schiedam: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
St. Lidwina of Schiedam was born April 18, 1380, in the Netherlands and died on this date in 1433. One winter day, the teenager went skating with a friend and fell on the ice so hard that she broke a rib. That was the beginning of pain and illness that would wrack Lidwina’s body for the… Continue reading St. Lidwina of Schiedam: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
Blessed Margaret of Castello: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
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.… Continue reading Blessed Margaret of Castello: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections