{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Everyday Saints: A Catholic Podcast","title":"St. Mary of Egypt — The Catholic Saint Who Couldn't Walk Through a Church Door","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1251,"description":"In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast about the real lives of the saints, we tell the story of St. Mary of Egypt — one of the most extraordinary and least-known figures in Christian history. At 12 she ran away to Alexandria. For 17 years she lived entirely for herself. Then, on a whim, she joined a boat of pilgrims to Jerusalem — and at the door of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, something she couldn't explain stopped her cold. What followed was 47 years alone in the desert, a monk named Zosimas, a walk across the Jordan River, and a death that left behind one of the strangest and most miraculous accounts in the lives of the saints. St. Mary of Egypt is honored in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Coptic Church — the ancient Christian church of Egypt — and she's the patron saint of converts and chastity. This week on the porch: what do you do with the door in your own life that will not open?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/p11BiaHcokL1mvfojhmEnpzZa2sDMNzQm2mXAU9H-tY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMzJm/MDQwN2U2MWU2NjA3/ODFjNjhjNTMzNDMw/NGUxMS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}