[Magdalen] Lenten Madness

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I am told that Cephas and Petros are equivalent in different languages.

Isn't that special.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter is the patron saint of screw-ups? Well, you have to remember that
> Jesus nicknamed him "Rocky"....perhaps for his stubbornness, or maybe
> because it took so long to get something through his head....
>
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 1:41 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Lenten Madness has begun and started with a smack-down between Peter and
> > Paul.
> >
> > It looks like Peter is edging out Paul.
> >
> > Several folks claimed that Peter was the patron of screw-ups, but it
> seems
> > to me Paul certainly qualifies as one who messed pretty darn badly also,
> > and finally admitted the error of his ways when Jesus knocked him off his
> > horse.
> >
> > Peter denied Christ several times, but Paul was instrumental in the death
> > of some of Christ's followers. There had to have been a tremendously
> > difficult task of reconciliation there. I certainly couldn't go through
> > that.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
>