The Sorceress Of Santarem
~ by Lawrence “Mack” Hall Author's note: Suggested by a thought in a letter from Fr. Raphael Barousse, OSB, regarding a miracle at St. Stephen's Church in Santarem, Portugal Whatever happened to the sorceress?…
Year: 2019
Water in the Wasteland: Unexpected Elements of Hope and Redemption in Television and Film
I am the kind of person who sometimes derives hope from unusual things. As a lover of stories, I often will comment that a certain twist seemed rather “hopeful” to me, even if most other…
Lost Time: Chapter 16
By Jocelyne Ross Word Count: 884 Rating: G Summary: While Joyce lies comatose, she relives her life with her husband and family, as they try to wake her up. After two long and painful months…
Outside the Law: A Robin Hood Story
~ by Avellina Balestri Robin slunk up the stairs, trying hard not to let his teeth chatter together as he passed by his father’s study. He had learned to walk like an animal in the…
Meeting Imams and Other Anomalies
When I had first entered the Al-Mahdi Institute, I had to learn Arabic and at that point recognise the letters. One night, alone in my rented house, I was attempting to read the first few…
The Silver-Bound Serpent: A Catechism Tale
~ by Dominic de Souza Author's Note: A series of short, fairy-tale stories to illustrate points of Christian Faith and the Sacramental Life, to be assembled in a book called ‘The Catechism Tales’. Let me…
Lanyon: A Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Poem
~ by Linda Fay ‘Have you got a graduated glass?’ three-quarters filled with melting crystals dissolve like snow. It shivers between shrunken fingers clinging like malformed insects sucking to the light liquid surface wrinkles, ripples…
The Way, the Truth, and the Life: Walking Christian Ground with Philip Pullman
I admit, I started reading His Dark Materials with a chip on my shoulder. One writer said Pullman was what “atheists would have been praying for, if atheists prayed.” He’s also been called the Anti-C.S.…
Man in the Moon
~ by Lawrence “Mack” Hall The Man in the Moon is smiling tonight His duty is his joy, to take his place Within the celestial liturgy Whose rubrics were appointed before time So that the…