Hail the Poets! Salute the Lunatics!
Welcome to my world! It is a glorious, upside-down landscape where clouds are mountains and trees hang downward as if baptized in wide blue sea. Can you see it? Take your time. If you need to, stand on...
View ArticleThe Friar Who Inspired the Pope: The Original Francis
Today the Installation Mass of the new Pope Francis officially inaugurated his papacy. He chose the name Francis, he said, because upon his election, his friend, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes,...
View ArticleA Scandalous, Tumultuous Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday was the day chosen by Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) when Francis’ beloved Clare of Assisi (1192 – 1258) would sneak out at night, run the fields below the town, leaving her family...
View ArticleBedeviled by (In)Justice
I continue to be fascinated by the unending spate of televised sensational trials, re-trials, detective stories and mysteries “based upon actual events” that account for a robust portion of primetime...
View ArticleRemembering St. Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi died 787 years ago today, and yet he seems more alive than ever despite the passage of time. In the Catholic tradition, this anniversary marks the “Feast Day of St. Francis.”...
View ArticleA Shamed and Failed Knight ~ Saint Francis’ Other Life
For a knight — picture Ragnar Lothbrook — no greater humiliation befalls him than to fail, to be sent home on a horse. “You’re not needed here — thanks.” It upends everything knighthood stands for and,...
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