Advent: Love Words and Expectations in the Dark – UPDATED
I am so grateful that Advent is upon us; my favorite time of year! It is all hope, depth, mystery and promise of light, and it feels like we need it; it feels as though we have all been so occupied...
View ArticleBenedictines of Mary: EWTN Gives a Glimpse of Ephesus
The Benedictine in me is a little giddy in anticipation of this Advent gift! EWTN – the Eternal Word Television Network – has announced multiple broadcasts of a 30-minute special on the Benedictines of...
View Article“Born of the Father before all Ages. Wait, What?
As the Year of Faith got launched, Melanie Bettinelli of The Wine Dark Sea undertook the ambitious project of enlisting various writers to take on single, separate lines of the Creed, and create a...
View ArticleO Adonai, Leader of the House of Israel!
O Adonai, and Ruler of the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the burning bush, and gave him the Law on Sinai, come to redeem us with outstretched arm!
View ArticleO Radix Jesse, O Root of Jesse!
Chanting these beautiful antiphons has really served to keep me centered, this week: O Root of Jesse, who stand as an ensign to the peoples, at whom kings stand silent and whom the gentiles seek, come...
View ArticleYou Balance Out the Keening Pain of Newtown – UPDATED
“In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared...
View ArticleO Clavis David! O Key of David!
O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel, who open and no one shuts, who shuts, and no one opens, come and free from prison him who sits in darkness and the shadow of death. O gates, lift...
View ArticleO Oriens! O Radiant Dawn!
O Morning Star, splendour of eternal light and sun of justice, come and illumine those seated in darkness and the shadow of death.
View ArticleWood-Grain Pens; Advent Candles; Wreaths! It Begins!
It’s late for me; usually I am halfway through my Christmas shopping by now, but I’m doing a lot of “custom” stuff this year, and we’ll know whether that was smart or not when we’re ten days from...
View ArticleAdvent Reading Recommendations 2013 – UPDATED
Julie Davis beat me to it, but as usual, I have some Advent Reading ideas — and more than one of them would also make terrific Christmas gifts: Topping the List, because I just think it’s so cool to...
View ArticleAnchoress Crashes and Burns. Film at 11:00.
So, as sometimes happens in life, everything came to a head yesterday afternoon. After a so-so day at work, during which I made arrangements with my pediatrician to get a second cardiologist opinion on...
View ArticleOur “Yes” to God Brings His More Perfect “Yes” to Us
I love this month’s cover of Magnificat Magazine — Madonna and Child, by Marianne Stokes (1855-1927), Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK. (© Bridgeman Giraudon) — it captures the simple youth...
View ArticleAdvent: Love Words and Expectations in the Dark – UPDATED
I am so grateful that Advent is upon us; my favorite time of year! It is all hope, depth, mystery and promise of light, and it feels like we need it; it feels as though we have all been so occupied...
View ArticleYou Balance Out the Keening Pain of Newtown – UPDATED
“In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared...
View ArticleExpressions of Thanks in Very Anxious Times
Cartoon source During the summer, I had an idea that was meant to be relevant to this week. I wanted to ask all sort of writers to express in a couple of hundred words just who they were thankful for...
View ArticleBenedictines of Mary: EWTN Gives a Glimpse of Ephesus
The Benedictine in me is a little giddy in anticipation of this Advent gift! Photo used with permission. EWTN – the Eternal Word Television Network – has announced multiple broadcasts of a 30-minute...
View Article“Born of the Father before all Ages. Wait, What?
As the Year of Faith got launched, Melanie Bettinelli of The Wine Dark Sea undertook the ambitious project of enlisting various writers to take on single, separate lines of the Creed, and create a...
View ArticleO Radix Jesse, O Root of Jesse!
Chanting these beautiful antiphons has really served to keep me centered, this week: O Root of Jesse, who stand as an ensign to the peoples, at whom kings stand silent and whom the gentiles seek, come...
View ArticleO Clavis David! O Key of David!
O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel, who open and no one shuts, who shuts, and no one opens, come and free from prison him who sits in darkness and the shadow of death. O gates, lift...
View ArticleO Oriens! O Radiant Dawn!
O Morning Star, splendour of eternal light and sun of justice, come and illumine those seated in darkness and the shadow of death.
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