Thank you again, Denise, for another compelling story! You should write a book of more obscure saints and all the Syriacas who guided them to heaven. Your stories are so much more relatable than most (if not all) of the other stories of the saints I have read. Most of the ones I’ve read make being a saint sound like lots of pain and sacrifice and drudgery without the balance of the love (Love!) and grace that drew them to make those sacrifices.
your words are so clever. I just love the line "Never underestimate the power of the mother gene! " It filled me with joy and the rest of the story was joyful too.
Thank you so much for sharing these stories of the saints. I am starting the process to convert to Catholicism (grew up evangelical) and a whole new world is opening up to me through your stories. They (you) are growing my love for God.
I too hope you write a book. I would love a copy for my our coffee table: so those who visit can browse through it also.
I am so glad for you, Anna! I will add you to my daily rosary as you journey on you path to the Catholic Church. I am truly touched to be a part of that! ❤️
I had a busy few weeks and saved up a whole pile of your saint stories to read for Sunday. Your little stories are just right. You so delicately portray all the amazing variety of pathways to a joyous sainthood. I am in tears. My firmly held stubborn and pointless belief is that a woman must be a virgin, must be in a religious order, to be truely a beloved of the Lord. In short, I will always be second class!! Your humanity surrouding and celebrating these wonderful men and women and their stories tears away (with tears) at the shield I have around my heart. If anyone ever asked me, I would say Denise is my spiritual director ☺️!! Thank you!!
Thank you again, Denise, for another compelling story! You should write a book of more obscure saints and all the Syriacas who guided them to heaven. Your stories are so much more relatable than most (if not all) of the other stories of the saints I have read. Most of the ones I’ve read make being a saint sound like lots of pain and sacrifice and drudgery without the balance of the love (Love!) and grace that drew them to make those sacrifices.
your words are so clever. I just love the line "Never underestimate the power of the mother gene! " It filled me with joy and the rest of the story was joyful too.
Thank you so much for sharing these stories of the saints. I am starting the process to convert to Catholicism (grew up evangelical) and a whole new world is opening up to me through your stories. They (you) are growing my love for God.
I too hope you write a book. I would love a copy for my our coffee table: so those who visit can browse through it also.
I am so glad for you, Anna! I will add you to my daily rosary as you journey on you path to the Catholic Church. I am truly touched to be a part of that! ❤️
I had a busy few weeks and saved up a whole pile of your saint stories to read for Sunday. Your little stories are just right. You so delicately portray all the amazing variety of pathways to a joyous sainthood. I am in tears. My firmly held stubborn and pointless belief is that a woman must be a virgin, must be in a religious order, to be truely a beloved of the Lord. In short, I will always be second class!! Your humanity surrouding and celebrating these wonderful men and women and their stories tears away (with tears) at the shield I have around my heart. If anyone ever asked me, I would say Denise is my spiritual director ☺️!! Thank you!!
There’s a place for shining holiness in every nook and cranny of the world! ❤️ your kind words here gave me a great amount of joy! Thanks, Rebecca!