Poetry Repost: “How can I call it good?”

At the beginning of the Lenten season, I shared a poem I wrote a couple of years ago for a project a friend headed. This is another artistic reflection for that same project, only specifically written for Good Friday. I actually wrote this poem before being approached for this project, but I shared it there …

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O Antiphons: O Oriens

There is something quite fitting about today being the antiphon O Oriens. December 21st is the darkest day of the year, yet on this day, we remember that our Savior is the Morning Star, the Light of the World, who has come to save us and is with us and will come again. O Dayspring, …

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O Antiphons: O Radix Jesse

O Root of Jesse, standing as an ensign before the peoples, before whom all kings are mute, to whom the nations will do homage: Come quickly to deliver us. In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious. Isaiah …

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O Antiphons: O Adonai

O Adonai and ruler of the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the burning bush and gave him the Law on Sinai: Come with an outstretched arm and redeem us. May we always call on God to guide, protect, and discipline us with His Law, and may we remember that our Lawgiver also …

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Review: Alien Intrusion

Alien Intrusion is a great source of information on aliens as well as a source of warning, empathy, and hope in the Gospel.