
Margaret of Cortona
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Italy -13th Century
Margaret ran off with her
lover. He was killed tragically nine years later. She was left with
her faithful dog, and a little child. She decided to give her whole
life to the poor and sick. She had great attraction for all kinds of
sinners.
The Easter Poet calls our Adam
and Eve story a ’happy fall’. By our very failures,
inconsistencies, and crushed spirit the heart of God is touched. We
are embraced, rather than condemned. Weeds of temptation, touched by
the sunshine of love, can be transformed. There is no virtue without
temptation.
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