Author: em6298

• The Bishop Whose Blood Remembers Fire

  The Life of Saint Januarius, Bishop of Benevento (ca. 275–305) The mountain was always burning. Vesuvius sat above the Bay… Read more.

• The Healing That Undoes Every Hiding

  Wholeness Before the Court of Shadows — A Reflection for Ordinary Time on Acts 4:1-10 and John 3:16-21 There stands… Read more.

• The Monk Who Wore Rough Hair and Walked Through Walls

  The Life of Venerable Theodore Trichinas (5th Century) There was a monastery near Constantinople where monks kept bees, copied manuscripts,… Read more.

• The Good Wine Kept Until Now

  Restitution and Revelation at the Wedding Feast — A Reflection for Ordinary Time on Acts 3:19-26 and John 2:1-11 Six… Read more.

• The Girl Who Carried Fire Through the Dark

  The Life of Saint Febronia of Nisibis (died 304 AD) The city of Nisibis stood at the edge of two… Read more.

• The Shadow That Heals and the Doubt That Worships

  All the Words of This Life — A Reflection for Ordinary Time on Matthew 28:16-20 and Acts 5:12-20 Notice what… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Chose Exile Over a Lie

  The Life of Saint Cosmas, Bishop of Chalcedon (c. 750–815) The soldiers came for him at dawn. They always came… Read more.

• The Friend Who Stands and Listens

  On Wholeness, Witness, and the Joy of Decrease — A Reflection for Ordinary Time on Acts 3:11–16 and John 3:22–33… Read more.

• The Girl Who Stood Like a Mountain

  The Life of Saint Febronia of Nisibis (†304 AD) The city of Nisibis sat on the edge of the Roman… Read more.

• The Downward Path to Glory

  Kenosis, Stillness, and the One Thing Needful — A Reflection for Ordinary Time on Philippians 2:5-11 and Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28… Read more.