The seed of silence

December 10

“And when the hour had come that was to move

The long days onward to Bethlehem…

a moment paused,

Above a quiet place, and found, just this,

A woman wrapped in silence, and the seed

Of silence was her heart that tried to give

 All that it held to give, and ever more.”

-John W. Lynch, Excerpt from A Woman Wrapped in Silence

For Christ’s dear sake

December 8

Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

Mary Immaculate

“Pure as the snow,” we say. Ah! never flake

Fell through the air

One-tenth as fair

As Mary’s soul was made for Christ’s dear sake.

Virgin Immaculate,

The whitest whiteness of the Alpine snows,

Beside thy stainless spirit, dusky grows.

“Pure as the stars.” Ah! never lovely night

Wore in its diadem

So pure a gem

As that which fills the ages with its light.

Virgin Immaculate,

The peerless splendors of they soul by far

Outshine the glow of heaven’s serenest star.

-Eleanor C. Donnelly

 

 

Psychic Sees Deceased Daughter

ES writes: “I have a friend who lost her daughter to cancer. She was going to be 13 years old the past May. The father sells cookware for a living. One day, he went in to see his boss and the boss’ wife happened to be in the office. Even though she knew nothing about the death of his daughter, she told him: ‘Senor Flores, I see a girl next to you leaning into your shoulder. Who is she?’ . . .

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