Renae was stricken with an illness early Christmas Day and is only now beginning to feel better. Once she recovers more, we will be meeting to organize our notes and brainstorm for the fourth and last volume of Through Roses and Thorns. Your kind prayers for her full and speedy recovery, D.V., would be most […]
New Year’s Dawn “Vive le Roi!” I. O joy! O joy! The air is filled With light and sweetest song! And angel shapes With breath of grapes Into the chamber throng. Upon a throne they bear An infant small and fair. Stir up the fire,—the tapers trim; Sing Faith and Hope, and Love, a hymn Unto
Gone! A Carol for New Year’s Eve. I. Toll, bells, within your airy heights; wail, winds, o’er moor and mere, On this, the saddest of all nights, the last night of the year; The last, long night when lamps are lit, like tapers ’round a bier, When quiet folk at still hearths sit, and God
“Christian! I am with thee still, Always loving, always near; Whether good betide or ill, I am with thee—never fear. Didst thou dream that I forsook thee In My Passion’s bitter smart? Christian, no! ’Twas then I took thee Closest to My tender Heart. When Mine Agony oppress’d Me, When the Bloody Sweat ran down, Were
Hymn for the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel by Eleanor C. Donnelly Happy feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel! — Final brainstorming for the last chapters of The Hostage took much longer than we had expected, and I only finished typing on July twelfth. The story ended up being extended to 35 chapters! resulting
Christ is risen; indeed, He is arisen, alleluia! — Happy Eastertide! Brainstorming for the final arc of The Hostage has gone very well, and, God willing, I’ll begin typing the last three chapters next week. Altogether, it ended up being 31 chapters; depending on the final page count, we will see whether or not it has to
