One of the points to her greatness is one I suspect many overlook, that is of her wit and sarcasm. Elizabeth Bennet is considered the golden heroine because of it, despite not many fanfictions after that really making use of it…
By Amanda Pizzolatto
Seventy years after the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons by St. Augustine of Canterbury, St. Adrian stepped onto England’s green shores to continue the work started there….
By Ian Wilson
By Mack in Texas
Perhaps dear old Puddleglum, who burnt his feet
When stamping out the fires of wickedness
Made a fine new year’s resolution with
“I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can.”
By Amanda Pizzolatto … It’s that time of year again. The time of year for wonder, traditions, family, friends, precious moments, heartache for the ones who have passed on, joy, tears, laughter, and quite possibly some of the worst takes this side of the galaxy has ever seen… thanks to these bad takes, I have successfully rewatched It’s a Wonderful Life and debunked every one of them…
When does Christmas end? It depends who you ask. The Christmas Octave brings us to January 1st. The 12 Days of Christmas take us up to Epiphany (January 6th). You could celebrate the 20ish days till the Baptism of the Lord, or the traditional 40 days until February 2nd – the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.
By Joshua David Ling … “I know you’re just a legend. / An echo of one that was. / Harbingella is just an evil woman. / Amy is more because / Harbingella doesn’t really live anymore…
By Sarah Losardo … One of the sons of Zebedee – also known as the Sons of Thunder – John shows up in the Gospels as the “one who Jesus loved”, one of the ones who asked for a place at Jesus’ right and left hand, the one disciple who followed Jesus to the Cross, the only disciple not to be martyred, and the writer of a gospel, three letters, and the book of Revelation (or the Apocalypse). What else do we know about this apostle?
By Stephen Steiniger … Our hearts are restless until they rest in the Lord. Jesus is our peace. He is our teacher and master. Jesus wants to share with us his Sabbath rest. The fullness of rest will enable us to be good citizens of Heaven and earth.
By Joshua David Ling … “O’er the hills and through the pain, / Where I will be Witch-Queen again, / I command and this body obeys, / Over the hills and gone always!”
By T.K. Wilson … Today (December 19th), the church commemorates Stephen Nguyen Van Vinh and his companions, who were martyred for their faith on this date in 1839.
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall …
No one has yet messed up Advent (aka “The Christmas Season,” which it is not), and so we are spared Advent sales and Advent gifts and Advent movies and news stories babbling about The True Meaning of Advent. Advent is a season that points to the Nativity, not to itself.
By Joshua David Ling … Over the last chapters of this story, / We saw heroes and heroines in fantastic glory. / From Cyrus the Cyclone, to Bobby the Magician. / To William the Knight, and Amira the bless’d twin…
By Ian Wilson … The celebrated mystic, St. John of the Cross, was born Juan de Yepes y Alvarez on June 24, 1542, in Fontiveros, Spain. Even as a child, John knew he wanted to live the ascetic life. After the untimely death of his father and older brother when John was only three years old, John was sent to a boarding school for poor orphaned children. There, he received a religious education, and served as an acolyte at an Augustinian monastery.
Join us as we explore God & Science through The Bible & Science, with some Metaphysics to boot! We’ve got part two of our scientist interview, summer AND fall pictures, more scientists, poetry, and an explanation of what in the world metaphysics actually entails. Enjoy!
By Lyn Wilson … Saint Justinian (or Stinan) of Ramsey was a 6th Century Monk from Breton who moved to Ramsey Island in Pembrokeshire in modern day Wales.
By Sarah Losardo … It was in Paris that she discovered the identity of the priest in her vision – St. Vincent De Paul, the founder of the Sisters of Charity. In January 1830, Zoe finally joined the Sisters of Charity in Paris, taking the name Catherine. The same year, first in July and again in November, Sister Catherine was visited by the Blessed Virgin Mary, who entrusted to her a medallion to be given to the world.
By Ian Wilson … It was hard to describe; it wasn’t human, nor was it like any animal I had ever seen, like a parody of biology, a satanic practical joke. Its gawky body was ink-black. Multiple eyes blazed out of its head. Its mouth, if you could call it a mouth, was a mass of dripping tentacles. I screamed. Holding my rosary aloft, I shouted, “In Christ’s name, get back!”
By Stephen Steiniger … Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. As such, he is due special attention and praise. He is alone among human beings. As true God and man, Jesus exists as one of us, but something more. He is the source and summit of our life. He is our beginning and end.