BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO There, Simeon’s prophecy was fulfilled; Mary’s heart was pierced by a sword while her Son’s was pierced through by a lance. Read more

BY BRADLEY J. BIRZER Our Lady is the symbol of everything that is pure, true, good, and beautiful in this world.  Read more

BY PATRICIA DEEGAN This is an article on the background of Saint Patrick rather than looking at his faith or his missionary work for the Irish. Read more

BY SONYA BRITTON Patrick’s story was an amazing example of faith in adversity and of God’s salvation of one far from home and in slavery. Read more

BY JAMES MICHAEL GILL Lent is a season when the dryness of daily life is transformed into a resurrection oasis. Read more

BY WESLEY HUTCHINS In the United States, St. Patrick’s Day is not a federal holiday, but there nevertheless is a strong tradition of celebrating it. Read more

BY MICHELLE C. FERGUSON I sing to you a song of emerald green, an island home revered by people scattered. Read more

BY TIMOTHY MATHER As the Baptist made the road ready for our Savior’s Ascension, may we make our Souls ready through Lenten devotion. Read more

BY SHANNON LISE JOHNSON Keeper of Nimrah is what I think of as epic realist fantasy with semi-apocalyptic undertones and elements of psychological drama. Read more

BY MOON PRYDERI But I was one who bore him safely, far away to other shores, where the mists hung thick and shrouded, and all good hearts can be renewed. Read more

BY ROBIN FENNELLY As above, so below. The snow falls silently and steadily. Icy gems of water, each unique in their pattern and design. Read more

BY RACHEL SCHMIDT Your deep, secret wisdom, can only be heard by those willing to hear. Your appearance intrigued, shocked and amazed me. Read more

BY WYNDYSASCHA Perhaps most disturbing, pale, small girls with eerily-glowing eyes roam the halls with huge syringes. Read more

BY S. DORMAN “Suppose we leave aside questions of Time, evolution and the Absolute—for the moment only.” Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI For Catholics, history can also be seen as a journey among the souls who have gone before us and for whom we are obligated to pray. Read more

BY WESLEY HUTCHINS I tend to spend time looking about for parallels and differences between the experiences of Black Britons and African Americans. Read more

BY SHARON TOOTILL My Dad had absorbed the traditional British reserve – quiet, apparently proud and haughty and humourless. Read more

BY RACHEL SCHMIDT A lone whisper of a breeze blows past my ear: “You are one of us…Come and ride amongst our ranks…” Read more

BY STEPHEN C. WlNTER It is because of the pity of Eärendil. It is because of the pity of Bilbo. It is because of the pity of Galadriel who gave the glass to Frodo. Read more