tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post3154778669981890825..comments2024-02-28T12:04:11.837-08:00Comments on Jesus in Love Blog: Friends to the end: Saints Perpetua and FelicityKittredge Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-80846078015540702592010-05-12T16:28:17.914-07:002010-05-12T16:28:17.914-07:00I recommend the 19th-century painting “The Victory...I recommend the 19th-century painting “The Victory of Faith” by St. George Hare for a beautiful romantic vision of what Perpetua and Felicity might have looked like sleeping together nude in prison. Here are some links:<br /><br /><a href="http://victoria-fidei.blogspot.com/2010/05/of-faith.html" rel="nofollow">Victory of Faith Blog</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/collection/pub/artistItemListing?artistID=3411" rel="nofollow">National Gallery of Victoria</a><br /><br />Thanks to Glorfindel at the Victory of Faith Blog for calling this to my attention. It’s well worth checking out!Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-45525141301840475692010-03-18T14:48:38.724-07:002010-03-18T14:48:38.724-07:00Happy birthday, Pennyjane! Thank you for sharing ...Happy birthday, Pennyjane! Thank you for sharing the story of your miracle with us. It’s amazing how God can take “a lonely lament of despair and turned it into a song of joy.”Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-75917307298195387802010-03-17T22:32:10.970-07:002010-03-17T22:32:10.970-07:00hi kitt...and everybody. i know this doesn't ...hi kitt...and everybody. i know this doesn't fit, but i hope you'll forgive me for posting it...i just have to say something.<br /><br />it's now mar. 18th here in indiana. this is my birthday...of sorts. on this day six years ago, in trinidad colorado...i had a rebirth. a miracle...a real, honest to God, biblically porportuned miracle. that was the day that dr marci bowers (the gender fairy of my early dreams) delivered into this world, from the remains of the body of an old man....a beautiful, healthy bouncing baby girl.<br /><br />it's my birtday. i'm six years old.<br /><br />when i was little, when reality had set in and i was forced to believe that no matter what i thought...for the rest of my life the world was going to see me as a boy...when i was little. i'd go to bed night after night and cry myself to sleep. i prayed, i begged, i fantasized...i screamed out in my despair....i begged for my "gender fairy" to come in the night and make me whole. to end the nightmare...to set me free from what seemed only eternal hell.<br /><br />there was no such thing as "transsexual" in those days. there was no such thing as "cross sex hormone treatment"...there was no such thing as transition...there was only hell. there were only perverts and sissies. and i was both...a perverted sissy...and there was no doubt in the mind of any in my world that there was no other destiny for me than hell....now and forever. God was to punish me every day of my life on this planet and then send me into eternal damnation in the place where He keeps sin bound in insufferable and unimaginable torment.<br /><br />not much of a future for a four year old.<br /><br />i don't use the word "miracle" lightly...but i know one when i get one. i got one...six years ago today....God did the utterly impossible. God took a lonely lament of despair and turned it into a song of joy.<br /><br />praise You, my only God. praise Your grace...praise all that You are and all that You will ever be. Only You can make miracles, only You can bring death to life. bless all who read these words, bless them as you have blessed this lowly and unworthy woman. bless them all with the same amazing grace. i love You, my God...with more love then even i can imagine...You know all, You can do anything and Your love is unending, your compassion is larger than life, Your huge and comforting arms are more than any of us could hope for...You are beyond words.<br /><br />anyone who doesn't believe in God should know such a miracle...and i pray they do.<br /><br />much love and hope. pjpennyjanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-79337916911379647412010-03-10T02:09:34.168-08:002010-03-10T02:09:34.168-08:00Trudie, keeping up with the comments takes a signi...Trudie, keeping up with the comments takes a significant amount of my energy, so I'm glad that you find them useful enough to return and reread them. Happy Women's History Month!Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-4755201120752148822010-03-09T05:40:23.219-08:002010-03-09T05:40:23.219-08:00This post prompted me to go back to February and r...This post prompted me to go back to February and review the comments on the St. Bridgid post. What a blessing that, for Womens' History Month, we have such rich resources!Trudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866513608442388870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-47858112611543859852010-03-07T18:58:33.103-08:002010-03-07T18:58:33.103-08:00Your appreciation means a lot to me, Trudie, Matt ...Your appreciation means a lot to me, Trudie, Matt and PJ. I’m also being blessed by doing the GLBT saints series. <br /><br />Almost every time I start out the writing process by thinking, “I’m so busy that I’ll have to make this one very short,” -- but as soon as I start focusing on the saints’ lives, they inspire me so much that the research and writing flows quickly.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-62545782788605861022010-03-07T18:14:36.008-08:002010-03-07T18:14:36.008-08:00wow! each one outdoes the last. this is nothing ...wow! each one outdoes the last. this is nothing short of amazing. the sublety is captivating...so captivating as to almost reveal even the deepest thoughts of these amazing women.<br /><br />i was experiencing the emotions...the dignity, resolve, fear, love, vulnerability...i was beginning to think no emotion was omitted...then...where is the anxiety? where's the hopelessness?<br /><br />how exquisit, how noble, how true.<br /><br />thank you kitt, from the bottom of my heart.<br /><br />much love and hope. pjpennyjanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-52647331955327732102010-03-07T16:12:52.552-08:002010-03-07T16:12:52.552-08:00I think Robert Lentz's work is fantastic--his ...I think Robert Lentz's work is fantastic--his Oscar Romero icon is one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing this image and the story that accompanies it.Matthew Wettlauferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926004190702181993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-20345679345374228752010-03-07T15:52:03.114-08:002010-03-07T15:52:03.114-08:00A lovely icon, and a beautiful story. Again, than...A lovely icon, and a beautiful story. Again, thanks for such a blessing.Trudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866513608442388870noreply@blogger.com