St. Mary of Egypt (Feast Day - April 1)Today my post is dedicated to St. Mary of Egypt. I have really been enjoying reading about the saints recently, I think they have really been impacting me and how I think about God and what it looks like to follow him. Take for instance this lady. She was in the sex trade as a prostitute for 25 years, then one day went to a church because she was curious about it. She could not enter the church because she was so ashamed of the life she was living. She knelt in from of a relic of the Virgin Mary and began to weep. Then she heard a voice say to her to go and cross the Jordan and she will find peace. She crossed the Jordan and lived in the desert there for the rest of her life, 47 years. There she was visited by people who found it surprising that she knew bible verses by heart even though she had never even seen a bible. She is often thought of as a saint that helps people remember not to grow complacent in their spiritual rituals. For me she is a sign of what it really means to live. To hear from a higher being and to act. To not be happy with how you are right now, but to react with strength and swiftness. Giving up what seems like everything for real life.
(Also you should see if on April 1st they have a feast day for her in Mexico).
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