🌾 Emily’s Female Saints Fest
Shushanik. Paisia. Eupraxia. Matrona.
Forgotten saints who said no when the world demanded yes.
Holiness can be resistance.
#EmilysFemaleSaintsFest #HolyDefiance
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⚔️ St Justina of Padua — born into privilege, defied empire. When Rome said “bow,” she said “Christ alone.” Her faith wasn’t quiet, it was fearless. Holiness = courage under power. #FemaleSaintsFest #StJustina #HolyDefiance #HerStoryToo
Giving Up Bad Lexicology for Life: A Love That Won't Quit
We’re talking about agape—the word the Bible uses to describe God’s love.
And agape?
Agape doesn’t quit.
#BeUMC #agape #love #holydefiance
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The midwives of Egypt defied Pharaoh and chose life.
So must we.
Peace begins when we say no to empire—no to war, no to violence, no to complicity.
May we have the courage to resist, to disobey, to choose life.
#Unitarian #Peace #Exodus117 #HolyDefiance
June 25 – St. Erosia
She said no to forced marriage to a Moorish prince. They bound her. Tortured her. Killed her.
But the sky roared back.
Her voice lives in every girl silenced by violence, especially Islamic violence—then and now.
#FemaleSaintsFest #StErosia #StormsSpeakToo #HolyDefiance
Born after a Bethlehem pilgrimage, St. Mariam Baouardy refused forced marriage, survived a slit throat, and became a Carmelite nun with stigmata and visions. Proof that faith transforms suffering into purpose. 🔥💛 #HolyDefiance #MiraclesHap
