Brother Lawrence and the Fourfold Cure: Reflections on a Carmelite Mystic
~ by Sean Earner “You can not conquer God, nor an angel, nor a philosopher.” — From The Ways of Brother Lawrence by Joseph de Beaufort The coming of Easter is not just the…
Tag: Religion & Spirituality
Why I Believe in God
"In the beginning it created Elohim."- The Zohar "At the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit and that center is really everywhere, it is within each of us."- Black Elk I was…
Tolkien the Religious Man
Tolkien was always very outspoken about his religion, proudly stressing his belonging to the Roman-Catholic rite. The importance of faith in his life and its effects on his writing has been explored, more so than…
Rabia’s Heart of One Love
Introduction Rabia al-Adawiyya I first discovered when I was very young. From the moment I read about her, I was instantly enamoured with an admiration that has never faded. She is among the earliest of…
I Have Called You Friends: Contemplating the Blessed Trinity and the Incarnation
The April sky was clear. The light of brother sun was shining over me while I walked in that man-made canyon between the Midtown Towers. I stopped on the sidewalk. A strange thought had suddenly…
Nusaybah: Bravest of Believers
Village in Arabia, circa 7th Century In the training yard, a middle-aged man and a teenage boy circled and lunged at one another, the air cracking as their weapons clashed. “I yield!” cried the boy, as…
Maid of Orleans
Set your eyes upon this torture stake As the road to sainthood she must take The great Princes of both church and state Did bid her here to seal her fate To kill the life…
Men Without Piety: A Study of Chivalry in David Lowery’s The Green Knight
“The knight is a man of blood and iron, a man familiar with the sight of smashed faces and ragged stumps of lopped-off limbs; he is also a demure, almost a maidenlike, guest in hall,…
Ipswich, Willesden and Walsingham: Three Marian Shrines in Sixteenth Century England
Everyone likes a mystery. The story I am going to tell has elements of a good detective story: statues revered for centuries, royal agents bent on destruction of images, traditionalists trying to preserve sacred objects…
Ecce Homo: A Reflection on the Manhood of Christ
And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him and, plaiting a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. (Matt 27:28) Pilate said to them, “Here is the man.” (John 19:5)…