Our Lady of Walsingham
~ by Mack Hall O how beautiful is Our Lady Queen! Queen of our hearts and hopes, and of the May, Sweet Empress over forest, down, and dene, and happy Sunrise over the pilgrim’s way.…
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The Scars of Our Lady of Czestochowa
~by Lawrence "Mack" Hall Upon the Luminous Mountain a bell Calls all of us to Our Lady’s wounded Heart She looks at us with sorrow in her eyes Her scars are like the tears that…
The Priest’s House
Cleaning out a priest’s house Is a strange thing Like a sheep finding the shepherd Gone And the crook standing up And the hat, tossed to the side You wonder if he’ll ever come back…
Robin Hood “Telling His Beads”: A Catholic Reflection on the Prince of Thieves
The legends of Robin Hood and his Merry Men exert a near universal appeal, and have done so for generations. From ballads to books to films, the daring rebel spirit of the Prince of Thieves…
Snow White Sacrament
Beneath the dome A treasure sleeps As silent as the winds of love Proceeding from the darkest tomb White as the snows of winter’s freeze, White as the rays of summer’s blaze, A stillness penetrating…
This Solitude Through Which We Go: Thoughts Upon the Nature of Hell
Hell, like Heaven, is in many ways set apart from our knowing, and as with all things that are so, we grasp it through metaphors and conceive it through hyperbole. It is the garbage dump,…
The Secret Fire: An Image of the Holy Spirit
In the previous article I discussed the parallel between the Christian and Tolkien’s version of the myth of creation. Another point to consider about it is how the world actually came into existence according to…
Loving God
Too often I see people stagnate in their relationship with God. Too often I see the same stagnation in my own life. But I’ve had an idea – an idea that might seem bizarre, but…
Tolkien and Restoration: A Look at Catholicism in England during the 19th and 20th Centuries
In his time the City was made more fair than it had ever been, even in the days of its first glory; and it was filled with trees and with fountains, and its gates were…
Lost Time: Chapter 17
By Jocelyne Ross Word Count: 340 Rating: G Summary: While Joyce lies comatose, she relives her life with her husband and family, as they try to wake her up. The next day, at home, Joyce…