St. Mary of Egypt lived from about 344 to 421, and her feast day is today. It’s said she came to Jerusalem to ply her trade as a prostitute. There, Mary attempted to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but a force kept her from doing so. After praying with a statue of the… Continue reading St. Mary of Egypt: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
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Blessed Olympia Bida: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
Blessed Olympia Bida was born in Ukraine in 1903 and died on January 28, 1952 in Russia. Her feast day is April 2. Olympia and another St. Joseph sister got into trouble for facilitating surreptitious religious services and catechization and were exiled to Siberia. She spent more than a year in a prison camp before dying… Continue reading Blessed Olympia Bida: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
Blessed Juana Maria Condesa Lluch: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
Blessed Juana Maria Condesa Lluch was born in Spain on March 30 in 1862, and died on January 16, 1916. Her family was very wealthy, but she knew from the time she was young she wanted to serve the poor. When she was eighteen, Juana Maria went to her archbishop with the idea of founding… Continue reading Blessed Juana Maria Condesa Lluch: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
Blessed Maria Restituta: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
Blessed Maria Restituta was born May 1, 1894, in what is now the Czech Republic and died on this date in Vienna in 1943. She entered the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity community when she was twenty, taking the name Restituta after an early martyr, and served as a surgical nurse. Maria Restituta’s outspoken nature… Continue reading Blessed Maria Restituta: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections