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An Old Woman Remembers: The Flight into Egypt When dark clouds
An Old Woman Remembers: The Flight into Egypt When dark clouds cover moon’s craters we push open creaky stable doors, lead the donkey out to leave ...

Advent Calendar Rowan Williams He will come like last leafs
Advent Calendar Rowan Williams He will come like last leafs fall. One night when the November wind has flayed the trees to the bone, and earth wakes ...

Worldly wisdom is what more or less all of us have been living by
Worldly wisdom is what more or less all of us have been living by since the Stone Age. It is best exemplified by such homely utterances as Youve got y...

Not surprisingly, given the coastal locations of the Celtic
Not surprisingly, given the coastal locations of the Celtic regions, in Britain and Ireland at least, the spirit of the sea is central to the Celtic v...

To know and to serve God, of course, is why were here, a clear
To know and to serve God, of course, is why were here, a clear truth that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but can...

If you want to really be a leader, you must be a
If you want to really be a leader, you must be a truth-teller. If you want to save the age, the Irish poet Brendan Kennelly writes, Betray it. Expos...

Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread
Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields and into the faces of the tulips and the nodding morning glories,...

You are on fire Oh Lord, and I burn. Oh pain, oh infinitely happy
You are on fire Oh Lord, and I burn. Oh pain, oh infinitely happy love! Oh sweet fire! Oh sweet flames! And would You wish my heart to become a flame?...