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Spiritual theologian, author and speaker, specializing in prayer, Christian spirituality and mystical theology
[the kind that makes sense-BHG] - Catholic Bard
Mark Wilson - A Song of Joy by Caroline Furlong
Writing for Joy
[more "a writer who is Catholic", than a "Catholic Writer"-BHG] - Sparrowfare (peggyhaslar.com)
(Peggy Haslar)
Seed-Searches among the Stones - "Thankful to Be Able to Be Thankful"
('The Curt Jester', Jeff Miller: atheist-turned-Catholic) - tiberjudy
Happy. Southern. Catholic. - Time for Reflections
(Victor S. E. Moubarak)
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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Category Archives: Discursive Detours
Happy Death?!
“Happy death” sounds like an oxymoron. Like cold fire, which turns out to be Shakespearean. “…Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!…” (“Romeo and Juliet,” Act I, Scene I, Romeo; Shakespeare (1597)) A happy death is also something … Continue reading
Something Wonderful
(St. Paul’s church in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Mass times for 2020 Easter’s live video.) I’ve written about our Lord’s execution and death a few times. But not, if memory serves, leading with an excerpt from the fourth paragraph of “A … Continue reading
Holy Week: Staying Home
Holy Week starts tomorrow. Together with Easter, it’s the high point of the Catholic calendar. I’d be going to Our Lady of the Angels — the parish church — on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday AKA Holy Thursday, Good Friday and … Continue reading
Worry, Concern and COVID-19
(Springtime in Minnesota: and a winter weather advisory.) The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t affected us much here in central Minnesota. Apart from the governor’s stay-at-home order, no Mass and new shopping rules. A winter weather advisory starts tonight. That explains the … Continue reading
Pandemic Perspectives
NOTE (November 28, 2022)This was written in March of 2020.But it was about pandemics and people in general, so most of it is still ‘up to date.’ COVID-19, a coronavirus disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is still spreading. Thousands … Continue reading
