The Extraordinary Story of Saint Mary of Egypt, Whose Catholic Feast Day in 2016 Is Saturday, April 2

[mdgspencer]

see wau.org/archives/article/not_your_typical_sinner-turned-saint
She lived a life of extremes, of great sin, then of renunciation and great holiness. (She lived in an early century when Egypt and the Holy Land were Christian.)

 

[jeannetherese]

see wau.org/archives/article/not_your_typical_sinner-turned-saint
She lived a life of extremes, of great sin, then of renunciation and great holiness. (She lived in an early century when Egypt and the Holy Land were Christian.)

Thank you for sharing that inspirational story which seemed so appropriate to this season when we note the happy fault which merited us so great a Savior.

From the article:
" We might even say that her sins, once she rejected them, became the means by which God brought her close to himself.

Mary’s experience is especially relevant for anyone who, like her, has found himself or herself mired in sexual sins and finds the path to freedom longer than they would like. Her witness has left us a tremendously hopeful gift: proof that God can use our sins, and even our struggles against our particular temptations, to lead us to happiness and to holiness."

 

[Wampa]

Great thread. I had never heard of her before. What an inspiring story!