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The quote below is from  At Home in the World: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether.   The book is out of print, but...

Alpha and Omega stained glass window, circa 1883, near the front door of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin  And t...

Antiphon sung by the Dominican student brothers at Blackfriars in Oxford. December 21 O Oriens, splendor lucis æternæ, et sol justiti...

Antiphon sung by the Dominican student brothers at Blackfriars in Oxford. December 23 O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio...

A few years ago, when she was in great need of help, a friend told Annie Lamott an Advent story.  Her friend, Tom, is a Jesuit and a recov...

Anchor, Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome I've heard and read many words about the terrible tragedy in Sandy Hook Elementary School in New...

The Ghent Altarpiece: Adoration of the Lamb - Jan van Eyck The painting is from the massive Ghent altarpiece, "The Adoration of t...

"The Dowry For Three Virgins" Gentile da Fabriano Churchlady (aka Marthe) The St. Nicholas Clause Q: I’m really tired of ...

The holiday season is officially upon us. I don't care for the hustle and bustle of getting and spending and shopping associated with ...

Thanks to Ann at What the Tide Brings In .

From J. KAMERON CARTER : What is Advent? What is the hope into which we enter during this season as we move towards Christmas—not Christmas ...

A Song of the Wilderness The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; It shall blossom abundantly, ...

Canticle: A Song of the Spirit "Behold, I am coming soon," says the Lord, "and bringing my reward with me, * to give to every...

The painting is from the massive Ghent altarpiece, "The Adoration of the Lamb" by Hubert and Jan van Eyck at St. Bavo Cathedral, ...