Sr. Mary Lucy's Meerkats As we near the end of the Christmas Octave and prepare to begin a new year, it’s natural to imitate Janus and look backwards [...]

At this darker time of the year, the trees are skeletal. What you notice first, now, is not foliage but structure, not ornament but underpinning, not rounded canopy but stark, [...]

[Unknown.] Initial O: Christ, late 13th century, Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Leaf: 58.3 × 40.2 cm (22 15/16 × 15 13/16 in.), Ms. Ludwig VI [...]

"Santorini's Donkey" by Klearchos Kapoutsis is licensed under CC by 2.0 On Thanksgiving, after enjoying a festive meal provided by generous donors, after fellowship with our dear brother [...]