St. Matilda (or Maud or Mechtildis as she is also known) was born in Germany about 895, and died on this date in 968. The children of Matilda and Germany’s Henry I rose to great heights in her world: one daughter, Gerberga, married Louis IV of France; the other, Hedwig, was the mother of Hugh… Continue reading St. Matilda: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
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St. Euphrasia: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
St. Euphrasia, whose feast day we observe today, was born in about 380 to a family of Roman nobles. Her father died soon after she was born, and she and her mother moved to property the family owned near a convent in Egypt. Euphrasia’s mother died shortly after the child chose to enter the convent.… Continue reading St. Euphrasia: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
St. Gemma Galgani: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
St. Gemma Galgani was born on this date in 1878 in Italy and died on April 11, 1903. This mystic is known as the Daughter of Passion… she began to experience the holy stigmata when she was twenty-one. Gemma also suffered greatly physically during her time on earth, including tuberculosis, which eventually claimed her life,… Continue reading St. Gemma Galgani: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
Blessed Jacinta Marto: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
Blessed Jacinta Marto was born on this date in 1910 in Portugal and died shortly before her tenth birthday. She’s best remembered as one of the three children who in 1917 saw the Blessed Virgin at Fatima. The others were her brother Francisco and their cousin Lucia. It’s said that Jacinta changed greatly through the… Continue reading Blessed Jacinta Marto: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections