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In Defense of Small Things

Posted on November 12 2024

It is a peculiar folly of our age, a madness that seems to have infected the very marrow of our modern bones, that we have come to despise the small things. We are forever chasing after the grand and the glorious, the monumental and the massive, as if size alone could confer significance. Our eyes are constantly lifted to the horizon, searching for the next big thing, the revolutionary idea, the world-changing event. But in this mad pursuit of the colossal, we have forgotten the divine dignity of the diminutive. We have, in our modern mania, made the grievous error of mistaking bigness for greatness.

The Christ-Bearer's Journey: Reflections on Saint Christopher and the Christian Pilgrimage

Posted on November 09 2024

The legend of Saint Christopher, a fearsome giant who became Christ's humble servant, speaks to every spiritual wanderer. In his transformation from mighty warrior to river-crossing servant, we discover a profound truth: our greatest journey isn't across physical distances, but from pride to purpose.

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Instruments of Peace: Saint Francis's Challenge to the Modern World

Posted on November 01 2024

In the grand tapestry of Christian thought, few threads are as golden and vibrant as the prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi: "LORD, make me an instrument of your peace." This prayer stands as a divine contradiction in our modern world—a holy absurdity that makes perfect sense only through Christianity's paradoxical wisdom that the last shall be first and that to die is to live. Consider the audacity of this prayer: here is a man asking not to be a master or even a servant, but an instrument—a vessel through which divine peace might flow into a world desperately in need of it. It's a request for holy objectification, a desire to be used utterly and completely for a purpose beyond oneself.