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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say. "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet,...

First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft drug peddled in predictable...

In this chapter of our sabbatical, we joined the Come & See Pilgrimage led by outgoing Bishop Rickel of the Diocese. The challenge of...

"Traveling: it gives you home in a thousand places, then leaves you a stranger in your own land." - Ibn Battuta My wife and I spent the...

Barcelona !

Beginning the Journey

The Flame Going to Nazareth by Frank Wesley, 1923-2002 Wesley was born in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh into a fifth generation Christian...

res·o·lute /ˈrezəˌl(y)o͞ot/ adjective admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering: "she was resolute and unswerving " New Year’s...

Holy Family, Margret Hofheinz-Döring, 1973 And you? Who do you say that I am? Matthew 16:15, The Voice Who will you say that I am? That...

Christ Crucified, John Pettis, Gift to the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church from the people of Wales, U.K When the men came to Jesus, they...

Why did you doubt and dance back and forth between following Me and heeding fear? Matthew 14:31, The Voice The story of Jesus walking on...

Don't Worry by Martin Creed, installed at St. Peter's Church, Cologne, Germany Worrying does not do any good; who here can claim to add...

The Return of the Prodigal Son (detail), Rembrandt van Rijn Some of you are fathers, so ask yourselves this: if your son comes up to you...

When wilt thou save the people? Oh, God of Mercy, when? Stephen Schwartz, Godspell And he told them a parable, to the effect that they...

And then I said to Him, “Will you not come to my house?” And He said, “Am I not already in your house?” - Kahlil Gibran, Jesus the Son of...

The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be? - Mr. Keating, played by Robin Williams, Dead Poets...

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? –...

How many times can we wake up in this comic book and plant flowers? - Rodriguez, Cause I watched a moving documentary from 2012 called...

Oh, when will we ever learn? Oh, when will we ever learn? - Pete Seeger, Where Have All the Flowers Gone? I am not a pacifist. I believe...