The Banquet of the Ten Virgins continues, as we hang out with St. Thecla, famous virgin hermit/missionary who lived to be a geezerette, and was said to have been converted by St. Paul himself. (You can listen to an early Christian piece of historical fiction about her, “The Acts of St. Thecla”, here. And yes, apparently setting up as a hermit in the Greco-Roman world made the world beat a path to your door.)
Here, St. Methodius sets St. Thecla to talking a bit more about how virgins seek union with God in this world and gain foretastes of the next, as well as interpreting the ever-fascinating Book of Revelation. (I have to say, I love reading all the different things people come up with. You’ll love his interpretation of the Moon.) But I have to wonder how his “manly” talk went over, with the real life virgins. Hee! He means well, though.
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