27
May
1 Corinthians 13, by Karl Persson
Well yes I am a fan,
(Who wouldn’t be?)
But some days
I wish there were just a little
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21
Apr
From Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘The Prodigal Son Returns’:
‘Sometimes he would spend whole nights in tears beneath that starry dome, longing to be filled with such rays himself.
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26
Mar
Alan E. Lewis on the prayers of Holy Saturday
“Is not all prayer designed for Easter Saturday, the product of confusion, emptiness, and grief? Prayer is desperation translated into
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25
Mar
A second poem for Good Friday
If you had really wanted to be strong,
you would not have come from a woman’s womb.
For messiahs
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25
Mar
A poem for Good Friday
‘He told us we were free to choose
But, children as we were, we thought—
“Paternal Love will only use
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24
Mar
Rebecca Bratten Weiss on Holy Thursday and the carnivalesque
This is a simply wonderful article by my friend Rebecca Bratten Weiss on our final approach to Easter. I would
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11
Mar
Make America Meek Again: The Legacy of St. Gregory the Great
‘On the anniversary of his death, the greatness of this champion of the Church provides weighty meditation material for American
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10
Mar
Some Berry
“Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage
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11
Feb
"How different life looks when God has carried us"
Faith in the Cross of Calvary is faith in a God who is with humankind right down to the cellar
10
Feb
I’ve been looking at Salvador Dali’s ‘Christ of St. John of the Cross’ a lot today
Today is the first day of Lent. John of the Cross has always fascinated me, a man who knew as
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