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  • The Virgin Mary: Tower of Ivory

    “There is never a crack in the ivory towerOr a hinge to groan in the house of goldOr a leaf of the rose in the wind to witherAnd she grows young as the world grows old.A Woman clothed with the sun returningto clothe the sun when the sun is cold.” ~G.K. Chesterton, excerpt from The Towers of Time* One of…

  • Valiant Ordinary Deeds

    “Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.” J.R.R. Tolkien There is much of life’s work which is hidden and goes unnoticed by the world; however, completing the often hidden duties of one’s state in life is work that the Church has always praised. St. Philip Neri (b. 1515- d. 1595) said: “He who bears what God sends…