Tag: theosis
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The Girl Who Spoke Thunder to an Emperor
The Life of Saint Christina of Tyre (3rd Century) The golden idol weighed as much as a grown man, and… Read more.
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The Bishop Who Gave Everything Away
The Life of Saint Basil the Great (330–379 AD) On a winter morning in the city of Caesarea, in the… Read more.
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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.
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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 Woman Who Built a City of Learning
The Life of Saint Brigid of Kildare (c. 451–525) The baby was born at sunrise on the threshold of a… Read more.
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The Monk Who Fed a City
The Life of Venerable Prokhor of the Kiev Caves (died 1107) The famine came in the third year of drought.… Read more.
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The Blood, the Coal, and the Fast-Free Threshold
On Standing Empty-Handed Before the Slaughter — A Reflection for Week of the Publican and Pharisee (Fast-Free) on Exodus 12,… Read more.
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The Woman Who Chose the Desert Over Gold
The Life of Saint Mary of Egypt (c. 344-421) For seventeen years, Mary lived in Alexandria, the greatest city in… 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.
The Greater Horizon 