Tag: freedom

• The Girl Who Stood Before the Emperor and Did Not Flinch

  The Life of Saint Christina of Tyre (3rd Century) The house smelled of gold. That was the first strange thing… Read more.

• The Woman Who Taught the Philosophers to See

  The Life of Saint Macrina the Younger (c. 327–379) The house was full of weeping when Gregory arrived. He had… Read more.

• The Girl Who Walked Through Fire and Kept Her Name

  The Life of Saint Theodora of Alexandria (3rd–4th Century) There is no saint list provided for today’s commemorations, so let… Read more.

• The Girl Who Sang the World Back Together

  The Life of Saint Audrey of Ely (c. 636–679) On the flat, wind-scoured fenlands of eastern England, where the sky… Read more.

• The Girl Who Sang in the Arena

  The Life of Saint Theodora of Alexandria (3rd–4th Century) Today the Church has no formal commemoration list provided, so let… Read more.

• The Soldier Who Chose the Desert

  The Life of Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar (1718–1791) On a winter night in 1738, in the middle of a roaring… Read more.

• The Girl Who Became a Pillar of Fire

  The Life of Saint Etheldreda of Ely (c. 636–679) On a black night in the year 672, a woman ran.… 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.

• The Paradox of Receptivity and the Cost of Truth

  Childlike Faith and Divine Impossibility: A Reflection on 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 and Luke 18:15-17, 26-30 These passages reveal a single… Read more.

• Have We Been Found?

  A reflection on 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 & Luke 15:1-10 Here’s the truth these passages tell together: You you cannot live… Read more.