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What would they say?
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jmcgee
Years ago, an old friend who is a Sister of St. Joseph sent me a greeting card with this image on the front. I always liked it. “Women of Peace,” it was called: Eileen Egan, Dorothy Day, and Mother Teresa, from 1979. My friend Paul Snatchko posted it on his Facebook page tonight with the…
Jesus, is that you?
By
jmcgee
The History Channel has tried to give the most realistic depiction yet of the face of Christ, creating a 3-D image based on the Shroud of Turin. ABC News took a look, below.
Holy Week 2010: Spy Wednesday
By
jmcgee
Some might wonder what, exactly, that is. From Wikipedia: In Western Christianity, the Wednesday before Easter is sometimes known as “Spy Wednesday”, indicating that it is the day that Judas Iscariot first conspired with the Sanhedrin to betray Jesus for thirty silver coins. This event is described in the three Synoptic Gospels: Matthew 26:14-16, Mark…
A patron saint for drug smugglers?
By
jmcgee
Yes. Believe it or not, a devotion has sprung up in Mexico: In these dark times, the faithful still come to worship in the chapel of Jesus Malverde, Mexico’s patron saint of drug traffickers. They kneel in front of his statue, dip flowers in water and wipe them tenderly over his face. They leave cryptic…
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