In 1373, at the age of thirty, Julian fell ill with a mysterious illness that threatened to take her very life. She was spared, however, by the mercy of God, who healed her and revealed Himself to her in visions…
By Ian Wilson
As they stepped off the stage, Bob pulled Lillian aside. He looked her right in the eye and said, “I couldn’t imagine sharing this with anyone more talented.”
By Lyn Bennett Wilson
All English kings have tried to claim some legitimate connection to him, by blood or by some other means. But what made me, personally, choose to write about Camelot?
By Ian Wilson
James the Lesser, or James the Just, a close relative of the Mother of Our Lord and witness to the crucifixion, friend of the Apostle Paul, leader of the Jerusalem Council, and first Bishop of Jerusalem…
By Lyn Bennett Wilson
A garden is a Department of Metaphysics
Promethean fire and shadows in a cave of light…
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
Forty years ago, the story of how Jack and Lily endangered and then rescued the last two unicorns from the Lord of the Underworld brought an elegantly simple wisdom to the silver screen. This essay explores how the love that unites Jack and Lily resonates with the quest for transcendent light described by Boethius in his Consolation of Philosophy…
By Anthony Cirilla
Mellitus arrived with eccelsial supplies (sacred vessels, vestments, relics, and books) and a message from the pope: burn the pagan idols and convert their places of worship and festivals to Christianity…
By Sarah Levesque Losardo
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
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