Tag: transformation

• The Actor Who Refused to Pretend

  The Life of the Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (4th century) The crowd was laughing. That was the whole point.… Read more.

• The Girl Who Walked Through Fire for a Garden

  The Life of Saint Dorothea of Caesarea (died c. 311 AD) The executioner’s blade was already drawn when a young… 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 Bishop Who Befriended the Wild Things

  The Life of Saint Columba of Iona (521–597 AD) The storm hit the little boat sideways. Salt water poured over… Read more.

• The Girl Who Chose the Fire

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

• 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.

• 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 Fire

  The Life of Saint Zoe of Caesarea (5th Century) The slave auction in Caesarea smelled of salt and sweat and… Read more.

• The Hollow Form and the Living Gift

  On the Poverty That Possesses Everything — A Reflection for the Week of the Publican and Pharisee on 2 Timothy… Read more.

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  The Girl Who Sent Roses from Paradise

  The Life of Virgin Martyr Dorothy of Caesarea (died c. 304) The executioner’s sword was already raised when the lawyer… Read more.