In the second part of the Women Saints readings, I found that a lot of the reading were quite interesting reads. I found one story in particular to be the most intriguing. It was the story of Saint Martha.
In this story, she is an unmarried, virgin who believed in God and devoted herself to converting people to Christianity. Saint Martha comes upon a beast, a dragon, who has killed everyone before who had dared crossed the river where this dragon resided. It was interesting to me that all she had to do to stop the beast was to speak some words and make the mark of the cross. Once she caused the dragon to be still, she defeated the dragon by tying it up with her girdle. After the dragon was tied up, the townspeople played the dragon with swords.
Later, in the story, a man was so enticed by hearing her speak that he attempted to cross the river, but never made it across because he drowned. Once Saint Martha found out about the man's death, she prayed over the body and was able to raise him back to life with the Lord's help.
This story is quite different from all of the other stories in this section. No other story that I can recall ended with the woman saint remaining alive at the end of the story. I believe this is why I find this story so intriguing. The characters actually sought her out to hear her words of the gospel instead of martyring her for her beliefs.
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