Rachel of Cana
A young orphan who supports her grandmother Joanna and her little brothers by doing hard labor, despite her young Age. She falls ill.
Jesus tells her that God will reward her. He has already done so by relieving her grandmother’s suffering. Nothing more? No. And her healing?"As God helps me during my life, He will help me at death and I will go to find mother..."[1]Margziam, the young prodigy disciple, offers a sacrifice in exchange for her healing. Jesus accepts. She will be healed.[2]
The heroism of Margziam, who abstained from honey for a whole month, makes his adoptive father Peter proud.[3]
Character and appearance
A frail and pale young girl of barely ten years old."Oh! Rachel is good! She stays up late to spin the little wool and cotton we have, and she caught a fever in the field preparing it for sowing while father was dying."[4]
Her name
Her name means "ewe" - Historical reference: the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
Where is she mentioned in the work?
EMV 309 EMV 336 EMV 338