by Diana | Nov 11, 2014 | Holy Land, Pilgrimage, Tuesday Guest Star
Today is Tuesday! You know what that means? We’re gonna have a special guest! Today’s special guest star is Habib Karam, a dear friend whom I was blessed to meet online, and then in person this past May, when we journeyed back to the Holy Land to film a...
by Diana | Sep 30, 2014 | Catholic History, Holy Land, Saints
Did you know that St. Jerome is the patron saint of librarians and of translators? In Latin, his name is Hieronymus—which I love—and every September 30th, on the memorial of his death, translators around the world celebrate International Translation Day! How awesome...
by Diana | Sep 21, 2014 | Dappled Things, Holy Land, Pilgrimage, Saints
A tad belated, but c’est la vie. This past week, on the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, I wrote the following over at Dappled Things… Today, September 14, is the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, celebrated on the day that it is believed that St Helena...
by Diana | Sep 21, 2014 | Catholic History, Holy Land, Liturgical Calendar, Pilgrimage, Saints
Our Lord summoned Matthew by speaking to him in words. By an invisible, interior impulse flooding his mind with the light of grace, he instructed him to walk in his footsteps. In this way Matthew could understand that Christ, who was summoning him away from earthly...