Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It’s so much easier for us to understand and accept the gifts we receive from the Lord when they are accompanied by outward signs, such as oil and water and rings… Continue reading About Heavenly Things
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Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Ursulina of Parma
The Basics: Born May 14, 1375, in Parma, Italy; died in 1408 in Verona, Italy; beatified February 11, 1786, by Pope Pius VI; feast day, April 7. Mystic. The Story: Ursulina’s story has some of the same elements as Catherine of Siena’s, though Ursulina is much less remembered. Her mystical relationship with the Lord began very early,… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Ursulina of Parma
“To My God and Your God”
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. The inclusive language may not have struck Mary Magdalene and Jesus’s other followers, not at first. But in today’s Gospel reading from John 20, after Mary finds him alive and well… Continue reading “To My God and Your God”
While Your Temple Still Survives…
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…