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Pilgrimage to a Small Island: An American Britophile’s Reflection
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI This is merely a shadow of all that you are, but are not dreams reflections of some eternal state, some deeper reality which we chase?
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Hope in Fortitude
By Amanda Pizzolatto Bronwe athan Harthad. Hope beyond endurance. A fortitude that took him to places no one else dared to go…
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Charles III: A Philosopher-King for Our Time
By Ryan Hunter Thoughts on the published Coronation Liturgy of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, “Called to Serve”
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Resurrection Reality
What does it mean for Christ to be raised? How can we know this to be true? And what does all this mean for us?
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God Save the King!
I say, God save the King, for the present must not scorn the past, but work through her wisdom. I say, God save the King, for we are not nourished by bread alone, but by symbols and signs.
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Life After Narnia
By Ophelia Lucy avoided mirrors after she had come back from her last trip to Narnia. She avoided Susan too, although she hated herself for it.
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The Role of Catholic Recusant Women in Early Modern England
By T. J. Guile This article is a study of some aspects of the role of Catholic women in sixteenth-century England.
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Day of Wrath: Sweeney Todd and the Search for Salvation
Perversely, Sweeney seems to believe this type of purging will be his “salvation”, which he sings in the jarringly brilliant number “Epiphany”, as he challenges men to come and sit in his barber chair and be “welcome to the grave.”
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Charles Williams: Why He Matters and How to Learn About Him
Williams’ complex work and complex personality make him a difficult, yet important figure to study.
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“The April Fool”
“Tear down this temple,” the April Fool cried, “and on the third day shalt I raise it up.”
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King Charles Invited the Wrong People
BY LAWRENCE HALL What is the point of a coronation, and who should come?
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He Descended into the Darkness and Freed the Captives
A poem combining Harrowing of Hell imagery with meditations on anxiety and intrusive thoughts.
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Nothing Human
Nothing human is a stranger to God on the tree in agony. He is in one place, and in all, the Calvary of Mankind. He is not safe from our iniquity, nor is He absent from our misery.
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The Refreshing Song at Easter
The Gospels are clear that Jesus saw his death on the Cross like a new Passover, the Jewish festival of deliverance from oppression
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What a Waste!
BY LEAH FISHER “Do you betray me with a kiss?” Jesus watched him. “Do what you came to do, friend.”
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Mother of Her Father
BY ADEEL AHMED “Pray for a miracle, my father,” Fatima pleaded. “You are Allah’s final messenger. Surely, He will cure Mother if you make supplication.”
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3am-ses: A Hobbit’s Ramadan
True the fasting month was, generally speaking, perhaps one of the most difficult times of year for Shire-folk, but Bilbo had come to enjoy it increasingly in his ripening age.
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For the Glory of the Marines: The Life and Legacy of Major John Pitcairn
Major John Pitcairn was a man of many facets and paradoxes. In my exploration of his character over the course of my novel-writing, I have come to deeply respect his courage in battle, competence in his responsibilities, and humanity towards those under his command and even those who were opposed to him.
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Inklings and Shapeshifters: Charles Williams’ Theology and Paul Schrader’s Cat People
BY G. CONNOR SALTER Like Charles Williams, filmmaker Paul Schrader has a passion for Dante and theology which informs his creative works. This is no more true in his uneven but intriguing film Cat People.
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An Hour That Passes
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI A little flower and a warrior sage, both counting life as an hour, a rose dropping its petals, sand slipping through glass.