Mother of Sorrows
I’ve held my son in my arms today. It was so long since last I did that. Years. For three years now he has been dying to me, a little at a time. I suppose…
Month: March 2018
Bilbo’s Gold: A Hobbit Poem
~ by Avellina Balestri Gold As the sun’s light, streaming through the Shire woods, Seeping into farmers’ soil, rich and ready For the bringing forth of… Gold As the corn’s lips, kissing the crisp harvest…
The Divine Doctor: Suffering and Healing in the Christian Life
“Jesus told him, ‘Go your way; your faith has saved you.’ Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.” Marvelous, the ease with which Jesus, the Son of God, cured the sick,…
Blood and Roses: A Beauty and the Beast Serial – Chapter 3: LeFou’s Story
Pierre LeFou had always been a shy boy, the most timid boy in the village, and had been the brunt of bullies since he was knee-high to a grasshopper. They would harass him at…
Those Final Fateful Hours: A Triduum Reflection
Some twenty centuries ago in the Ancient Holy City of Jerusalem, thirteen men were assembled to celebrate the Pascal Feast of The Passover in a place that has come to be known as “The Upper…
Yours Ever, Prim: A Letter to Katniss Everdeen
Dear Katniss, I know what you’re thinking, what you’re feeling right now, sitting there on the sofa, going back over the memories you’d like to forget. You think that everything you fought for, everything you…
Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial – Chapter 6: An Angel Appears
By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 31845 Rating: PG for scary situations Summary: Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, is used to being alone, until one day a girl with auburn hair waltzes…
Creation and Sub-Creation: A Tolkienian Essay
Christian religion played a very important role in Tolkien’s life. The basis of his faith was founded in his early childhood by his mother Mabel who, grieved by the sudden death of her husband, was…
Snowflakes: A Star Trek Story
Flake after flake drifted down outside the clear aluminium window. Jim had said they looked like stars. They did not look like stars. Stars moved with predictable regularity, more precise than clockwork. If Spock looked…