Author: Avellina Balestri
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Jesus of Nazareth: Easter Classic Is Still Better Than Creepy Robots
BY KEVIN MICHAEL DERBY Four decades after it was first released, Jesus of Nazareth holds up well for the most part. Read more
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Easter Vigil, Sort Of
BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL A vigil, no, simply quiet reflection minutes before midnight, with all asleep. Read more
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All Things New: A Passiontide Reflection
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI But like no other conquest, it was in dying, it was in being conquered, that the tables were turned. Read more
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Spy Wednesday
BY BROTHER RICHARD HENDRICK We turn our back on Him, on Love, and allow the callous clinking of coin to fall upon the floor. Read more
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O What Can Ail Thee?: A Harry Potter Story
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “You should know by now, with your claim at a keen intellect, that not all things in this world are obvious upon first glance.” Read more
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The Start of Russia’s Long Lent: An Appreciation of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “The Red Wheel”
BY KEVIN MICHAEL DERBY The powers of redemption and love flow through the book despite the chaos, despite the coming Soviet horror. Read more
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Shake On It: A Harry Potter Story
BY LAUME “You allowed me only tidbits of information about my parents, and now you tell me it wasn’t even true?” Read more
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Song of Exiles: A Reflection on the New York City Draft Riots of 1863
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI It will be a song that makes all hearts one, and makes all eyes see kinship in the eyes of others. Read more
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Happiness and Resolution: Lent as a Reset Button
BY EMILY GEERLING Lent really is something to be happy about because it is a time in the liturgical year specifically designed for us to refresh our souls. Read more
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Kingdom Come: Five Spiritual Exercises for Lent
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Reflect upon how you yourself are going to reflect God’s love in your own life, to make His ‘Kingdom Come’. Read more
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Star of the Sea: Marian Devotion through the Prism of a Medieval Hymn to the Virgin
I find particular inspiration in the soaring poetry of the Middle Ages in honor of the Virgin and believe it to be a wonderful method of sharing the Catholic understanding of Mary’s place in the Christian life and why we pay her homage. Read more
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All Are His Children: A Harry Potter Story
BY SHEANKELOR “Just as He gave the gifts to His Apostles on the first Pentecost, He has granted them to you.” Read more
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Saint Robert Southwell
“O pray for us, poor brave seeker of souls…” Read more
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Spinning Wheels: Ending the Cycle of Political Dehumanization
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Caught in the spinning wheels of political change, I believe it is time for us all to take some inventory on our spiritual state. Read more
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All in the Family: A Harry Potter Story
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “I’ve waited for you to have Potter evict me, tell him to abandon his foolish notion of taking me in to begin with.” Read more
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My Fair Lady: A Lady and the Tramp Story
“Ahh.” Joe’s eyes lit up. “Pooch has a real family now! No wonder he hasn’t been here.” Read more
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Miraculous Waters: A Troubadour's Link to Lourdes
THE TRAVELING TROUBADOR He was said to be related to St. Bernadette Soubirous, whose maternal family’s name was Casterot. Read more
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Sven Stolpe: The Swedish Waugh
BY KARL GUSTEL WARNBERG Sven Stolpe could without exaggeration be compared to Evelyn Waugh. Both were authors, journalists, and hagiographers. Read more
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Healing: A Harry Potter Story
BY LORA PALMER “If you don’t allow yourself to feel remorse for what you’ve done, you’ll have as good as destroyed yourself!” Read more
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Eric Tamburino: Interview
By: Fellowship and Fairydust StaffWord Count: 1056Rating: GSummary: An interview with Eric Tamburino, author of “Where Man and Monster Meet: A New Collection of Fairytales.” Tell us a little about yourself? My name is Eric Tamburino and I am the author of Where Man and Monster Meet: A New Collection of Fairytales. I am a… Read more