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Lost Time: Chapter 5
Days later Gabriel’s voice reaches her again. She hears him talking with a young man whom he called Michael. Oh, yes, Joyce thinks, Michael is the name of my first baby boy, who is now nine years old. How I wish I could see him.
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A Three-Years’ Child
She was restless in Mass, a three-years’ child And in her patient father’s loving arms She wriggled She squiggled She giggled
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Jailhouse Reunion
“And all because of a boy,” sneered Sakiri. Tamika jumped up and banged on the wall. “That boy was my brother! He was only ten years old! Ten years old, Sakiri! But did you care? No! You and this stupid vendetta against all men is driving me up a wall!” screamed Tamik
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Tolkien’s Heresy: Catholic Theology and the Origin Story of Middle Earth
BY GRANT HUDSON In Tolkien’s world Eru made an imperfect world which was doomed from the beginning.
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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.