Margaret of Cortona - 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.