A capable wife who can find?She is far more precious than jewels ...She opens her hand to the poor,and reaches out her hands to the needy.She opens her mouth with wisdom,and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.She looks well to the ways of her household,and does not eat the bread of idleness.Her children rise up and call her happy;her husband too, and he praises her:“Many women have done excellently,but you surpass them all.”Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.PROVERBS 31:10, 20, 26-30Felicitas had been pregnant when she was arrested, and was now in her eighth month. As the day of [her martyrdom] drew near she was very distressed that [it] would be postponed; for it is against the law for women with child to be executed
03 March 2016, The Tablet
Spiritual readings – 5 March 2016
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