The Friendly Beasts
By Amber Noel
Jesus our brother, strong and good
Was humbly born in a stable rude,
And the friendly beasts around him stood,
Jesus our brother, strong and good.
“I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
“I ... Read More...
On the Death of a Beloved Animal
By Jean McCurdy Meade
When we were children, and as we raised our children, we often observed burials in our back yards when a dear pet died. A nephew once asked his Presbyterian Elder mother (my sister) if ... Read More...
What does it mean to bless?
Behind all the things we ask for is a deep desire to see the world set right.
The malice of perpetual outrage
We talk about helicopter parents, but society has become filled with helicopter observers, who presume tragedy would be averted if they were in control.
A catechism of Nature (1): Reason and the destiny of animal life
Reason, the thing that separates us from brute beasts, does not liberate us from animality, but it liberates animality itself, for the actualization of a potential that cannot be actualized without reason.
Being human with St. Francis
Lesser Feasts and Fasts: "Of all the saints, Francis is the most popular and admired, but probably the least imitated; few have attained to his total identification with the poverty and suffering of Christ."
The ox knows its owner
The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master’s crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.