Sermon of St. Fulgentius, Bishop Yesterday we were celebrating the birth in time of our Eternal King; to-day we celebrate the victory, through suffering, of one of His soldiers. Yesterday our King was pleased to come forth from His royal palace of the Virgin's womb, clothed in a robe of flesh, to visit the world; to-day His soldier, laying aside the tabernacle of the body, … [Read more...] about Sermon for St. Stephen’s Day by St. Fulgentius
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Too Great for the Sky: A Chestertonian Christmas Reflection
By Nathaniel Richards There has fallen on earth for a token A god too great for the sky. He has burst out of all things and broken The bounds of eternity: Into time and the terminal land He has strayed like a thief or a lover, For the wine of the world brims over, Its splendour is split on the sand. So begins the first stanza of G.K. Chesterton’s poem, Gloria in … [Read more...] about Too Great for the Sky: A Chestertonian Christmas Reflection