''A small spring of faith'' tracking the journey of Sparki, an atheist-turned evangelical-turned liturgical Christian-turned Catholic discovering the joys and mysteries of the Faith.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Saint Question
Does anybody know if the name of the Woman with the Issue of Blood is known? I have a suffering friend for whom I am enlisting the prayers of this faith-filled woman, and I feel like I should know her name, but I don't.
I do not know of her having an officially declared name. This page: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1953 at Catholic Online mentions that St. Veronica (the one who wipes the face of Jesus in the Stations of the Cross) is identified in "the apocryphal Acts of Pilate [...] with the woman mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew who suffered from an issue of blood."
I guess it's still non-conclusive as to what the woman's name is. Well, I'm happy to report that my friend is doing a bit better these days, so obviously the Woman is praying for her, and I thank God for being so responsive!
I do not know of her having an officially declared name. This page: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1953 at Catholic Online mentions that St. Veronica (the one who wipes the face of Jesus in the Stations of the Cross) is identified in "the apocryphal Acts of Pilate [...] with the woman mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew who suffered from an issue of blood."
ReplyDeleteThat was interesting, RO, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI guess it's still non-conclusive as to what the woman's name is. Well, I'm happy to report that my friend is doing a bit better these days, so obviously the Woman is praying for her, and I thank God for being so responsive!