Making the ordinary sacred: Mary and blessing in the dark
Do you know what your name means? My name is Vicky (or Victoria if I’m in trouble) and it simply means ‘victory’. Funnily enough my sister’s name means ‘victory to the people’. I’m not sure if our names were chosen for their meanings, or just because our parents liked them, but I’ve always enjoyed their similar meanings. When I was expecting each of our two children, my husband and I loved writing lists of favourite names and whittling them down, seeing which meanings we reso