BY ELLEN VIRGINIA Queen of Virgins, pray for us! Thy purity gives God great praise; On earth, thou lived for Him alone. Read more

BY TIMOTHY MATHER As we light the candle of hospitality in our windows, may we welcome the child of rebirth into our lives. Read more

BY PHOENIX A butterfly’s soft breath or fox-step light as death were on a face, so I could not say no. Read more

BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO Oh glorious Queen robed in white! Go meet your Son wreathed in light! The angels rejoice for He has risen. Read more

BY MATTHEW JAMES ROBERTS This representation of truths through metaphors reveals afresh the bridge between our sensory and rational faculties. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI So, on that dismal day, God gave me the ray of sunlight, shining like a promise in the sky and soothing the myriad fears gnawing at my mind. Read more

BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS As a quiet, bookish boy who stood somewhat apart from my peers at school, I identified with Mr. Spock. Read more

BY WESLEY HUTCHINS For many Americans (including yours truly), the Queen has definitely earned our respect and appreciation over these last 63 years. Read more

BY STUART S. LAING “Well, when you get to be as old as I am, you have no shortage of stories to tell, true enough.” Read more

BY BRYANA JOY JOHNSON And there is more. At the brink of waterfalls and in the hills over the river, we get a little wild, don’t we? Read more

BY ELLEN VIRGINIA If Frodo had demonstrated his strength by simply tossing aside the Ring, we would have lost that crucial glimpse of God’s unseen Presence. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Why do our stories march on before us? Those who remember them oft times ignore us. But our presence is there; our spirit-born breath. Read more

BY MARY FRANCES JOHNSON For St. Bernard and all Christians, the chivalrous ideal was the ideal of the martyr; it was the life of a saint. Read more

BY EMILY GEERLING Hypothesizing the origin of life on earth means observing organisms and determining if they could have evolved gradually. Read more

BY DR. PETER KREEFT The myth maker, the poet, the mystic, the sailor, the saint, and the child know here best because they know HER. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Did it bid farewell to summer skies or simply fall in flight, a stiffness claiming wings and darkness blinding eyes? Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Foolish men seek out a name, yet the wisest hold their own, set aside without shame, standing strong, standing strong alone. Read more

BY PHOENIX “Sorry we’re a little late,” Mrs. Parker said. “The girls and I worked on these for Lady Liberty.” Read more

BY BYRNWIGA The Old English word was acweorna, which survived into Middle English as aquerne, later becoming the word “acorn.” Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI The order then is passed around to form a British Square; John thinks of summer sunsets and Mary’s dark brown hair. Read more