Brady the Worm: A Lenten Fable
Once upon a time there was a worm named Brady. He was little. He was slimy and stinky. He was grouchy. He was very grouchy because he was in fact not a worm at all.…
Tag: Lent & Easter
Easter in My Landscape: Celtic Reflections on the Season
It is through the ‘Book of Nature’ that I came to Christ. My journey to faith was through a sense of the divine in all things, and some wonderful messages of Truth which I saved…
What the Donkey Saw
Author’ Note: In the heavenly song of the angels that Avi hears, astute readers will recognise my own Latin translation of “Listening to You,” from the Who’s rock opera, Tommy, without which work I would…
Regeneration of the Soul: The Liturgy and the Mystery of Resurrection
The mystery of Easter is the center and culmination of the entire liturgical year. Every mystery of the Faith which we celebrate throughout the whole year is directed and ordered to the Resurrection. Without the…
Pilate and Claudia
Author's Note: This story is a work of historical fiction, based on the Four Canonical Gospels of Holy Scripture, as well as additional information provided by historians such as Josephus, and legendary materials collected from…
Jesus of Nazareth: Easter Classic Is Still Better Than Creepy Robots
First released in time for Easter back in 1977, Franco Zeffirelli’s epic miniseries Jesus of Nazareth was a staple of American television for years. As soon as Cadbury Creme Eggs hit the store, Jesus of…
Easter Vigil, Sort Of
A vigil, no, simply quiet reflection Minutes before midnight, with all asleep Little Liesl-Dog perhaps dreams of squirrels, For she has chased and barked them all the day; The kittens are disposed with their mother…
All Things New: A Passiontide Reflection
Let us who are blind feel your face, the true Green Man, carved in the wood. But the green that you gave to the springtime, the green that you gave to the turning…
Spy Wednesday
We feel it once again approach, the annual reminder,... the telling of the true tale; of the betrayal of love, of light, of God that exists not just then but always; an option in each…
The Start of Russia’s Long Lent: An Appreciation of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “The Red Wheel”
With this year marking the centennial of the Russian Revolution, Lent serves as a good time to ponder the strange course history took in 1917. If Lent is a time of suffering, sacrifice, and readying…