We tell ourselves that the way to avoid Jesus is to avoid sin — or rather, to avoid the concept, the word, and the reality of sin. Like the landlady, we prefer to think of doing penance as something medieval, for crazy people. By Heather King, Angelus News
In Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, believers light candles attached to jars of honey during a ceremony marking the day of Saint Haralampi, Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images)
