Category: courageous saints

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exciting news! I have an audiobook!

Thanks to everyone who commented! The winner is…Jessica Lange!

I’m so delighted to share the news that Christian Audio has just released the audiobook version of My Badass Book of Saints. How cool is that?

I’ve so enjoyed the talks, retreats, and wonderful interactions with women (and men!) that I’ve had since the publication of this book. It has truly been a blessing to share these stories of remarkable women. I’m especially excited to share it as an audiobook!

To celebrate, I’m giving away a code for a free copy. If you’d like a chance to win this code, leave a comment here. And tell your friends!

I’ll close comments on All Saints Day, November 1.

You may purchase a copy directly from Christian Audio.

Amazon also has it available on Audible.

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a little rose for today

“If a little flower could speak, it seems to me that it would tell us quite simply all that God has done for it, without hiding any of its gifts. It would not, under the pretext of humility, say that it was not pretty, or that it had not a sweet scent, that the sun had withered its petals,or the storm bruised its stem, if it knew that such were not the case.”

― St. Thérèse de Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux

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today’s saint: Margaret of Antioch

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Today is the feast of St. Margaret of Antioch. She’s one of my favorite saints, featured in My Badass Book of Saints because, well…she’s a badass.

I love this story. Margaret was a martyr who was driven away from her home when her father discovered she was a Christian. She was arrested by the authorities and while being held, the devil came to her in the guise of a dragon. The legends states he swallowed her up, but Margaret, having a cross, used it to slay the dragon and escape her fate.

I like the idea of a dragon-slaying saint!

There were many attempts to execute her, including drowning and fire, but she survived. Finally, she was beheaded.

Interesting fact: St. Margaret was one of the saints who came to St. Joan of Arc (also in the book).

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