Alicia Von Stamwitz

Do these women sound like saints to you?

A woman who suffered a nervous breakdown
A homemaker with mother-in-law problems
A nun who was kicked out of her Order
A nobleman's mistress

It's easy to forget that saints are human beings who faced the same temptations, challenges, and sorrows as we do today. Saints, too, faced alcoholism, mid-life crises, thankless children, and daily chores. Yet each was able to see past her less-than-perfect existence and reach for the holiness that was hers for the asking.
A prayer to the saint follows each brief biography.… (mehr)