Not exact matches
L.W. Brown observes, «The great stress on celibacy as a
way of salvation, and the emphasis on the
miraculous are not
in themselves proof of a non-Catholic origin for the Acts, as
even in the time of Aphrates only the unmarried could be baptized
in Edessa.»
Walk with them two miles, give them your spare coat... and perhaps praying for strength to endure, for the wisdom to see God,
even in the darkness - and who understands suffering, and only for an «instant»
miraculous healing if that is God's will... and that many people would believe and find a
way to connect with God as a result if that does happen.
But when they send glowing reports of all that God is doing on the mission field back home, those
in the pews feel
even more guilty because they don't see God «working»
in their own life
in the same
miraculous ways.
And almost since that first
in a series of 18 appearances to the young peasant girl, religious pilgrims have been making their
way to Lourdes to pray at the spot of the apparition and to drink or
even bathe
in the waters from an underground spring that some believe have
miraculous healing powers.