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
“We apply the name of Christmas to the forty days, which begin with the Nativity of our Lord, December 25th, and end with the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, February 2nd. It is a period, which forms a distinct portion of the Liturgical Year, as distinct by its own special spirit, from every other, as
Happy feast of St. Nicholas! Thanks be to God and Our Lady of Good Success, the writing of the Tournament Trial Trilogy’s side story: In God’s Name Forward Go: To the Dragon’s Mouth is now 95% complete! Brainstorming for this story had gone so well, that when it finally came time to organize the notes
Happy feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal! This special day commemorates the fourth anniversary of the Books by Angela Marie Michaels website. I am very grateful to Armi for all of her help — especially on the difficult technical side of things — in making it possible for me to have a neat
“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
Happy Octave Day of Christmas and feast of the Circumcision! . . . In honor of the Christ Child and His Holy Mother, beginning on the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus this year (January 2nd, 2024), and extending throughout the remainder of the Christmas Season to its liturgical close on the feast of
