...The face of the earth was renewed during a forty-day period after the mountain tops appeared and the waters of the great flood receded— “The tops of the mountains appeared....
Why is Lent 40 Days?
Tale of Two Cities
of Israel. If the Northern Jews wanted to travel South, they had to passed through Samaria, which often created hostile situations. If they went around it, the journey was twice...
St. Rita of Cascia
...was often open conflict between families. Paolo was the victim of one such conflict, and he was murdered when their sons were still young. The expectation of society at the...
Feast of St. Mark
all things in common at Jerusalem, so he recorded that he saw was done at Alexandria, under the learned Mark. He died in the eighth year of Nero and was...