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...
by Diana | Aug 14, 2014 | Dappled Things, Mary, Saints
August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and in her honor, I’d like to look at a one of the best-known Marian apparitions in modern times: the apparition of the Virgin Mary to three small shepherds in the remote Portuguese town of Fatima. In my next blog,...
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by Diana | Aug 12, 2014 | Catholic History, Holy Land, Mary, Pilgrimage, RCSD Post, Saints
This post first appeared at Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction, where I have been invited to blog once a month on Catholic travel. If you’re not familiar with the site, check it out! They have some awesome bloggers there, with great info on a variety of aspects of...
