Author: em6298

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  The Girl Who Chose the Arena

  The Life of Saint Tatiana of Rome (3rd century) In third-century Rome, when the empire stretched from Britain to Babylon… Read more.

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  The Mountain Where Doubt and Worship Meet

  When Power Descends into Weakness — A Reflection for Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee on Matthew 28:16-20 and… Read more.

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  The Physician Who Became a Desert Dweller

  The Life of Saints Cyrus and John (died 311) Cyrus had everything a man could want in fourth-century Alexandria. A… Read more.

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  The Widow’s Knock and the Dead Man’s Rising

  Relentless Prayer and the Foundation That Holds — A Reflection for Week after Zacchaeus Sunday on 2 Timothy 2:11-19 and… Read more.

• The Land Ahead and the Heart Within

  When God Offers Everything and Asks for Circumcision — A Reflection for Week after Zacchaeus Sunday on Deuteronomy 1:8-11, 15-17… Read more.

• The Man Who Chose the Lions

  The Life of Ignatius the Godbearer (died 107) In the city of Antioch, where followers of Jesus first called themselves… Read more.

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  Two-Mite Kenosis

  Descent into Glory — A Reflection for Week after Zacchaeus Sunday on 1 Peter 4:12-5:5 and Mark 12:38-44 Zacchaeus climbed… Read more.

• The Poet Who Wept for the World

  The Life of Ephraim the Syrian (306-373) Ephraim was born in Nisibis, a city caught between two empires—Roman and Persian—where… Read more.

• The Arithmetic of Love

  When Calculus Becomes Charity — A Reflection for Week after Zacchaeus Sunday on 1 Peter 4:1-11 and Mark 12:28-37 Zacchaeus… Read more.

• The Hidden Man of the Heart: What Caesar Cannot Touch

  When Christ Descends into Your Depths — A Reflection for Week after Zacchaeus Sunday on 1 Peter 2:21-3:9 and Mark… Read more.