june 11. straight up saint paulaAs a young woman, Paula liked to lure impressionable girls into the woods to speak about God. These gatherings in the trees formed the basis for the sisterhood she later founded.
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june 16. the venturesome lips of juliana falconieriUnable to swallow, she instead asked to kiss the Blessed Sacrament. Denied, she requested that a communion wafer be placed on her chest on a linen. A priest granted this request, and by some miracle, the host--composed of Christ's flesh--managed to penetrate her body and nourish her.
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