Slings + Sacrifices
The world is full of those who suffer unjustly and who through no fault of their own bear the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune". What should be their attitude...
Remember + Realize
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. Inspired by...
Messengers + Witnesses
I am the Angel with the Broken Wing, The one large statue in this quiet room. The staff finds me too fierce, and so they shut Faith’s ardor in this...
Stars + Steel
Bright stars, yellow stars, flashing through the air, Are you errant strands of Lady Mary's hair? As she slits the cloudy veil and bends down through, Do you fall across...
Enter + Approach
The "door of faith" (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church. It is possible to...
Son + God
It's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind's shell and...
Imperfect + Honest
If you ask me what you are to do in order to be perfect, I say, first- Do not lie in bed beyond the due time of rising; give your...
Trees + Dust
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks...
Upward + Better
I am here! O my God. I am here, I am here! You drew me away from earth, and I climb to You in a passion of shrilling. To the...
Heart + Fire
Act of Charity O my God, I love you with my whole heart and above all things, because You are infinitely good and perfect; and I love my neighbor as...
Blameless + Innocent
That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world....
Little + Light
Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th'encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do...
