Siris

Today is the feast of St. Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church. Born Fernando Martins de Bulhões in Lisbon in the 1190s, he joined the Fra...

melka (holy leaven) and the charism of the East - holy leaven doesn't actually leaven; it is a residue, a material tradition; the Churc...

A very interesting discussion of the ethics of war, partly explicit (i.e., expressly stated) and partly implicit (i.e., in context in the Ma...

Kalaratri in the Starlight Come now, come now, said her smile as she leaned on the wooden fence; come now, come now: a woman's voice...

The existence of grace seems to depend more upon the character of mental, than of corporeal beauty. All its motions seem to indicate, and to...

Eivør, "Patience"

Today is the feast of St. Ephrem the Syrian, Doctor of the Church. He is also known as the Harp of the Holy Spirit, because his most importa...