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Gandalf: A Lord of the Rings Story
BY VANESSA PARRY He stood, setting the tangle on one side. “With your permission, I shall return after lunch to continue the work.”
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With True Prayers
A study table is an Altar too
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Easter to Me: A Personal Reflection on the Memories and Meanings of Holy Week
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI For wherever I turned, even in the bleakest moments, there I encountered Christ, and Him crucified.
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Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial: Chapter 37: Epilogue
““Can my friends come and visit sometime this summer?””
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Pot O’ Gold
Once upon a time, back when the species of Gaeliand were very suspicious of each other, there was a great treasure hidden by…
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“Ecce Homo!”: Pontius Pilate as Every Man
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Pontius Pilate is not portrayed as a menacing monster or two-dimensional villain, but as the image of fallen mankind.
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The Riddle of Notre Dame
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Christ is all in all undone, heart melting in His chest, like the Paschal candle’s wax or the glass of Notre Dame.
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Notre Dame
Notre Dame, why do you cry? Notre Dame, what are you trying to say? Will you be born again anew Like your Master on Easter Sunday?
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An Unofficial Guide to a Tolkien Easter
BY AMANDA A. KLECKNER What better way to relax on a beautiful spring Easter day than to act like a hobbit and enjoy good food and great company.
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Lost Time Chapter 4
Resting in that peaceful place, she thinks about how much she and Gabriel were in love in those early days. His love for her grew greater still, probably because he wanted to fill the hole in her heart, having left all her loved ones and her dear country.
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Holy Darkness Blessed Light: A Christian Response to Non-Dualism
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI I concur with Tolkien’s portrayal of evil as being, in essence, a perversion of good, but not a ‘thing’ in and of itself.
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Making Up Lost Time
Ultimately, you do as you see fit and any decision you come to will be a good one… but I would hate for you to lose an opportunity to be a part of this milestone in Legolas’ life.
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For the Sake of a Story: A Lord of the Rings Story
BY JESUS’ GIRL 4 EVER “So, you freely admit to attacking harmless travelers for no reason other than the fact that they were not woodland elves?”
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The Hobbits’ Party Night
We shall walk on toward the Party Tree Where there will be food and gifts aplenty, For today we will celebrate With our steps through the Party gate. We shall feast thoroughly, We will dance ‘till our feet ache, Then we drink with great glee, Then we eat more ‘till our backs break.
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Lessons in Love from Five Royal Marriages
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI To make matters more uncomfortable, the princess could barely speak a word of English, and she was tasked to sing the national anthem.
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Lost Time: Chapter 3
Suddenly Gabriel’s voice brings her back to the present. She hears him asking a priest to give her his blessing, then she feels the priest’s hand on her forehead as he prays. But she can no longer stay in this moment; she is drawn back to her wedding day.
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Two Worlds
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI No, humanity is complex just as friendship is. Perhaps only God is fitting to judge it, judge us, to give us the wisdom to change it.
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Lessons from The Lord of the Rings
BY EMILY SNELL Find hope in despair. As Sam reminds us, “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”