The Silent Saint

[BarbTherese]

A witness to those whose (just and holy) desires and hopes are frustrated even crushed.  Her story even struck me as motivation for always keeping the eyes on the bigger picture even as one attends to the immediate.  I really liked her attitude where a man struck her on the face and she replied "Thank you, sir, that was for me.  Now may I have something for the poor."  She had been out begging.

 Not a long read at all: http://wau.org/archives/article/the_silent_saint/