BY FR. BRIAN DOERR Jesus came to heal, to free, to give sight to the blind, and to raise the dead and to give “suffering” redemptive power. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “You are a man, mon ami,” LeFou assured. “She knows that now. Nothing may take it from you.” Read more

BY THE TRAVELING TROUBADOUR He had prophesized to those gathered chosen ones that His days were numbered by providence. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Tears are sometimes a great good, as is the rain, but too much floods the ground. There must also be sunlight. Read more

By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 31845 Rating: PG for scary situations Summary: Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, is used to being alone, until one day a girl with auburn hair waltzes into his life… “So, what did he say?” Lucy asked as Nico returned from talking with a local. “He said… Read more

BY MARTINA JURICKOVA Tolkien distinguishes between the terms creation and sub-creation, the first being the exclusive competence of God. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Is it an astral plane she seeks, or is it lust for innocence? Is that the paradox of life? We crave the thing which we contort. Read more

BY ACONITUM-NAPELLUS Flake after flake drifted down, and Spock pressed his hand against the cold pane, thinking of his mother and how much she loved snow. Read more

“I will hold you safe within my heart, and we will meet again, I know that this is true, although I may not know for certain, when.” Read more

BY CAROLYN MANION “Oh, how I loved that story! That was the only time I met Uncle Bilbo, you know, at his wonderful birthday party so long ago.” Read more

BY SARAH LEVESQUE This is what Christ came into the world to bring – peace, love, and joy. But it’s hard to experience this in these modern times. Read more

BY LILA TULIP “Queenie Kowalski, I love you more than I thought possible. Don’t you see, darling? Our lives are full of a new hope and love…” Read more

BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL Everyone is a palmer this holy day Seeking the strange, elusive shores of truth. Read more

BY SARAH LEVESQUE “In the meantime, do you want to go back down to Slytherin to sleep, since you obviously can’t sleep in Gryffindor?” Read more

BY JAMES MICHAEL GILL “This is what it feels like to be who I am,” he sang. “I gave up my dirt and now the sky is my home!” Read more

BY ELIZABETH ROPER The Celtic Saints were drawn to the edges of civilisation and the edges of the land, to feel close to God. I understand why. Read more

BY SHANNON LISE JOHNSON We saw our hope and watched it go, into the dark eternal cold, and the only things that didn’t fall were the cold, silver stars. Read more

“A half-blood is someone of both muggle and magical parentage. I am a half-blood, and if my memory serves me correctly, you are also a half-blood by descent.” Read more

BY BROTHER RICHARD OFM The seeming silence of creation is a dwelling in the deep Eucharistic mystery of reality itself. Read more

BY MARY-FAUSTINA Music is like the heartbeats, voices and emotions that give life to my vague, skeletal-like thoughts, which eventually become stories. Read more