The Autumn
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Go, sit upon the lofty hill,
And turn your eyes around,
Where waving woods and waters wild
Do hymn an autumn sound.
The summer sun is faint on them —
The summer flowers depart —
Sit still — as all transform’d to stone,
Except your musing heart.
How there you sat in summer-time,
May yet be in your mind;
And how […]

Feast of the Archangels
Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

St. Michael is one of the principal angels; his name was the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against the enemy and his followers. Four times his name is recorded in Scripture. Following these Scriptural passages, Christian tradition gives to St. Michael […]

Serving the poor is to be preferred above all things
Even though the poor are often rough and unrefined, we must not judge them from external appearances nor from the mental gifts they seem to have received. On the contrary, if you consider the poor in the light of faith, then you will observe that they […]

As you can see I have changed my template again. The previous one was for summer - now it’s fall.
Fall is my favorite season! There’s a chill in the air and I’m sipping hot tea again (Chai being the preferred flavor at the moment).
Be sure to check in here on Monday October 2nd as […]

A poem for “poetry Friday” and the beginning of Fall.
September
by Helen Hunt Jackson

The goldenrod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.

The gentian’s bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusky pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk […]

Matty enjoying his feast day cake!