The Treasures of the Church

Party time again!

Here is my background.

I have to find St. Lawrence of Rome somewhere!

I see his hands and a halo.

Do you see them too?

St. Lawrence was a very interesting character!

He was deacon of the Church at the time

Christianity was outlawed.

When the Pope was executed, St. Lawrence

was asked to bring the treasures of the Church

to the Prefect of Rome, for the use of Emperor Valerian.

St. Lawrence sold the sacred vessels 

and gave the money to the poor.

Then he gathered all the widows, 

the orphans, the maimed, the sick

and brought them to the Prefect.

"Here are the treasures of the Church,"

he proclaimed.

The Prefect got furiously angry that he had

St. Lawrence bound to a gridiron and ROASTED!!!!

There is a legend going around that

St. Lawrence quipped, "This side is done,

turn me around!"

  "You are thinking not as God does,

but as human beings do."

Do we think of the poor, the sick,

widows and orphans as the 

treasures of the Church?"

Every week I choose one from my 

wonderful visitors who take the time

and trouble to leave a comment,

to receive an ATC or a postcard from me.

Last week  it was JoDee Luna from 

Refrain from the Identical

and she hasn't gotten back to me yet!

This week it is Lynn of Getting my Feet Wet.

I love her sketchy journals! 

 

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Blessings,

Patsy

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