Sister Kateri Theriault
Mission Integration
A Saint for all Seasons
The long history of religion also contains a long history of division, but occasionally there is a glimmer of hope for mutual understanding—sometimes in the most unexpected places. Saint George is best known for legends of dragon-slaying, but in death he has accomplished an even greater feat, providing a common point of reverence across nearly all the Western faith traditions. He is highly celebrated as a saint in both the Western and Eastern Christian churches, but the Orthodox shrine of St. George at Beith Jala—a small town in the Bethlehem region of the West Bank —is also well attended by Muslims and Jews. It’s nice to know that there is one spot in the world, at least, where the dragon of hostile religious division has been slain.
TODAY’SREADINGS
“This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”
TODAY’S
“This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”
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