There are moments in history when events that once appeared unrelated begin to converge. Not because they were ever separate, but because the underlying structure
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100 Great Catholic Poems IX
Caryll Houselander “The Reed” (pg 359) The Virgin Mary as a hollow reed, ready for the Breath of God to make music in her. As
100 Great Catholic Poems VIII
TOL “To Scatter Flowers” (pg 289) Language of flowers an ancient metaphor for transcendent ideas. TOL famously promises, “a shower of roses”. Written a year
100 Great Catholic Poems VII
Thomas Aquinas “Adoro Te Devote” (pg 90) Latin translated by Victorian Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ The faculty of hearing serves us, we have heard
100 Great Catholic Poems VI
Great 1/3 of the selections written by converts Shakespeare’s poetry has a beating heart of Faith. He like all of the poets elected was authentically
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Catholic -The Real Presence is more than a metaphor, but it does have similarities to it Bread & wine become (instead of being like and