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One of my grandmother's favorite medieval Catholics was, as it happens, St. Bernard of Clairvaux. He wasn’t the only Catholic she admired, but he was perhaps the only medieval or post-medieval canonized saint who meant a…
My Dear Narci, I can’t believe how stupid you are. Well, actually, I can, but that’s beside the point. I mean really, I just can’t believe that you had to ask me for suggestions on…
Soon afterward, Joyce found a job. She began working outside the home, and Gabriel stayed at home with the children. He just loved it, seeing the children all day long; doing projects with the older…
Crinkly, wrinkly pages in a missalThey’re water-stained – how did that come to be?Maybe it was when the bishop visitedAnd sloshed us with his shaky aspergillum Or when an infant at her baptismProtested the proceedings…
If you say there is no God, that we are just physical beings meant to return to oblivion and dust, what’s inside us that makes us desire love, appreciate beauty, or laugh out loud? Is…
I looked up at the tree, so much bigger than me.Its branches spread wide,for all who would see. So big and so tall, higher than them all;strength fresh and still green;many felt its call. There…
My Dear Tele, Guess what? I’ve got a secret to tell you. However, before I let you in on this juicy little tidbit, I must demand that you take an oath of secrecy. Am I…
Another week passed; everything was still the same… Joyce was still lying motionless, except for occasional tears or smiles. Gabriel was still there with her, in spite of the doctors insisting that he rest, take…
The year is 1943, and German troops have entered Italy. The general and the colonel of this unit seeks an audience with the Pope to extract the Catholic Church’s neutrality in an attempt to keep…
On the way home, Hannah stopped at the post office as promised, and Nancy sent off the present to the Hardys along with a little note. For the rest of the ride home, Nancy was…
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