When I was in high school, I picked up the book Pride and Prejudice for the first time and loved it. Now I prefer books over movies, hands down, but when I heard the girls at school talking about the different versions, I knew I had to watch at least one…
By Sarah Levesque Losardo
Julia Ledochowska always encouraged her students and nuns to always smile and look to Jesus as “flowers to the sun.”
By T.K. Wilson
My conscience carries cancerous care.
A horribly heavy load my heart does bear…
By Jordan Ellis Christensen
Singing the Divine Office is accessible to all Christians; it entails little more than chanting some Psalms. It can also let in anyone who cares on the secret of Catholic accessories: the smells and bells exist because we are souls and bodies…
By Cordelia Fitzgerald
Pope Miltiades’ reign as Pope of Rome was marked by change…
By Ian Wilson
Time marches ever on,
Moving on silent feet,
Sometimes running, sometimes walking,
Quiet as a thief…
By Sarah Losardo
On Easter Monday even an undiscovered egg
Seems to shiver under the blue-streaked sky at dawn…
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
Christ breaks the constraints of travel between the spheres; from death to life He rises, from the netherworld to the world: the scene of God’s salvation…
By Cordelia Fitzgerald
The Lion-Winds of March
Wild winds now rise to a Valkyrie’s strength
And dark clouds roar to the hammer of Thor…
By Lawrence Hall
Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (c. 816–886 AD) stands as one of the most prolific and influential liturgical poets in the history of the Eastern Christian tradition…
by Lyn Wilson
We make a muddle of Lent and Holy Week
Because we’ve made a muddle of our lives…
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
“I haven’t found one open church. It makes me sad—it’s all gone, everything’s gone. Where is God? Where is Jesus? I’m looking for them everywhere, but I can’t find them…”
By Mary M. Isaacs
I think most people in the First Century were disappointed with Jesus, even His followers. That was part of the point of His ministry on Earth: to overturn expectations…
By Ian Wilson
One ordinary summer night, August 31, to be precise, Cuthbert saw angels descend from the heavens, receiving a bright soul. The next day he learned of the passing of St. Aiden, Bishop of Lindisfarne and reasoned it was his spirit he saw being carried away to heaven. Within the next year, Cuthbert became a novice monk at Melrose Abbey, impressing everyone with his joyful demeanor and natural humility…
By T.K. Wilson
But there was a need in Ireland. With so few available priests, the Irish people had little access to the sacraments. In order to fill this gap, St. Gerald was made a bishop to ordain more priests and get the sacraments to more people…
By Ian Wilson
The cold has gotten old without Christmas trees
And little lights in all their vestmental tints
No longer counterpoint the dark northern breeze…
By Lawrence, “Mack in Texas” Hall
I will start by saying the Beast is not a monster; the Beast is you and I…
By Ian Wilson
Venerated for his personal holiness and artistic devotion to the church, St. Bilfrid of Lindisfarne was a man of great dedication and talent. He was a man that those of us who engage in artistic endeavors can emulate…
By Lyn Wilson
By Lyn Wilson … St. Herculanus, whose feast days are both November 7 and March 1, is Patron Saint of Perugia, Italy. His life story is a fact decorated by a bit of fantasy. He was said to have been sent to Perugia from Syria to evangelize sometime in the earlier half of the 6th century.
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