"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Having established that suffering is an inevitable part of life and that it can be used both for our transformation and the glory of God, we now consider the attitude we should adopt when going through times of trial and temptation….
When writing about the Bible, the subject of the Jerusalem Temple often comes up. The other day I was clearing out my (rather large) “To Sort” folder on my computer and came across this image which I had downloaded from somewhere. I thought I’d put it up here so I can link to it in other posts.
If I ever work out where the source of the download I’ll add a credit…
(Thanks to Catholic Youth Minister for this one)
I’ve been working on a document for a friend which examines the Scriptural perspective on suffering. I thought I’d share a few sections of it here…
Happy Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross!
A while ago my friend Ricardo pointed out to me that I am, in fact, a canonized Saint. Even with my profound sanctity, not to mention my superlative humility, I was a little surprised when he said this. When I asked him about it, he told me that Google now shows a picture of me when you search for “St. Drogo”:
St Drogo was a Saint who lived in the 12th Century and has the dubious honour of being the patron Saint of ugly people! Over a year ago I wrote an article about him, declaring him to be the Patron Saint of this blog.
Well, it turns out that Google went looking for picture of St. Drogo, found my article and falsely concluded that my portrait was, in fact, a picture of this French Saint!
So, on the plus side, I’m now a canonized Saint! Unfortunately, it means I also died in 1185… :-/