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When You Can’t Follow Your Call

January 24, 2023 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander Leave a Comment

I went to Princeton Theological Seminary as a Roman Catholic woman.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: anglican communion, cloud of witnesses, priesthood, War

Does Suffering Make you Stronger?

October 15, 2022 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 4 Comments

Often it is in the midst of the suffering that mystics see their greatest visions.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: mystic, pain, Prayer, saints, suffering, teresa of avila

When the Distractions Become You

January 5, 2022 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 2 Comments

These desert mothers were not escaping society as much as they were escaping themselves

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: desert mother, Prayer, silence

Weeping in Church with Margery Kempe

November 9, 2021 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 4 Comments

One of the things that Margery Kempe is known for is her excessive and disruptive weeping. Her favorite place to cry was in churches, but she would cry anywhere—on pilgrimages, on the street, during times of silent prayer.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, emotions, mystic, visions

Mary, Adoption, and Divinity

August 12, 2021 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 8 Comments

As time went by, I found myself growing bitter toward Mary. She was a woman, but she had no idea what it was to pray for a baby and then not be able to conceive one. She received divine intervention without even asking for it.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: adoption, birth, Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast Days, science, St. Mary the Virgin

Skipping Advent

December 4, 2020 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 13 Comments

This is the time of year when many Episcopal clergy start reminding anyone who will listen how important it is to observe Advent. It normally […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, coronavirus, Music

Slightly Frantic Liturgy 

May 14, 2020 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 12 Comments

When I worked with youth, one of my favorite events was an agape meal. It started as a Seder and I eventually started calling it “What Would Jesus Eat” which I found hilarious.

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, psalm, young children

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