Today's saint, St. Lydia Purpuraria, was the first Christian convert in Europe, a businesswoman who dealt in luxury goods. She is the patron saint of cloth dyers. Saint Lydia was born during the first century in Thyatira, a town famous for its dye works in Asia Minor, famous for its dye works, (hence, her name which means purple seller). She was a seller of purple dye and was St. Paul's first convert at Philippi. The following is from the Acts of the Apostles: And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. ~Acts 16:14-15 She was baptized with her household. Thereafter, Paul made his home with her while in Philippi. Lydia was a woman of hospital...
This poor girl was in tears on the Glenn Beck Show this morning. She and her family are being severely harassed. They found her cell number and her email address and are pounding her. She was also on NBC News yesterday and was trying to speak her mind. The anchor kept cutting her off telling her that this and that wasn't true. When Glenn played the interview this morning, he intercut where they were saying stuff wasn't true with the actual audio.
ReplyDeleteShe is definitely a hero who needs our prayers. These people are pure evil. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt. No longer.
Rhonda