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by bcadmin | May 10, 2021 | forgiveness, Melanie Rigney, Modern Saints, News, Spirituality | 0 |
by Melanie Rigney If you had encountered this Capuchin friar, you might have given him a second glance because of his stature —and then moved on. Other than being just 4 feet, 6 inches tall, there wasn’t much that was noteworthy about Leopold. He had a…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 10, 2020 | Faith, Melanie Rigney, Modern Saints, Mother Maravillas, News, Saint | 0 |
by Melanie Rigney It was a long name for an infant: Maria de las Maravillas Pidal Chico de Guzman. But her mother had a special devotion to Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (Our Lady of Wonders, or Marvels) … and there was, of course, that family…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 30, 2020 | Anna Schaeffer, Faith, Melanie Rigney, Modern Saints, News, Prayer, Spirituality | 0 |
by Melanie Rigney Nothing had ever come easy, but Anna Schaeffer was working hard to achieve what she believed was her God-given vocation: life as a missionary. She was the third of six children, born in the small Bavarian town of Mindelstetten, and he…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 8, 2020 | Daily Gospel reflections, Holy Week, Jesus, Judas Iscariot, Living with Christ, Matthew 26:14-25, Melanie Rigney, News, Preparations for the Passover, Sunday Gospel Reflections, The Betrayal by Judas, The Betrayer | 0 |
‘Woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.’ Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply, ‘Surely it is not I, Rabbi?’ (Matthew 26:24-25). Two awed apostles, two different endings. …
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