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Poetry provides spiritual nourishment in these sparest days of Lent
… world: Are we perhaps here in order to say: house, bridge, fountain, gate, pitcher, fruit tree, window ... Praise this world to the angel, not the unsayable one, you won't impress him …
The beauty and eccentricity of Piero, a neglected Renaissance artist
… death. Townsend notes that Passion imagery proliferates throughout the work, from a blasted tree that refers to the wood of the cross to thorns, to an actual cross staff. "These are very, …
Immigrants in detention centers 'feel besieged'
… Karnes is southeast of the city -- both in remote, isolated areas. While Karnes has grass and trees, Dilley is described by those who have been there as desolate, with a landscape of dirt and …
Act the part, and the feeling will follow
… the Rolling Stones asked. All these emotions, doubts and questions are branches on the same tree: feeling inadequate. Experiencing a sense that we are lacking on a most elemental level. …
Zaytuna College recognized as first accredited Muslim college in the US
… Keyes said. But even with its accreditation, Zaytuna -- the Arabic word for the olive tree -- remains unique among American colleges and universities. It requires students to learn …
Missouri set to execute intellectually-disabled inmate
… before Thanksgiving 1996, when he was shot in the forehead. His vehicle was found against a tree with the engine running. Castetter died at a hospital the next day. The Guardian reported: …
Vatican abandons illustration of statue of bound woman on event website
… " and replaced it with an illustration of a dark 15th-century painting, " Madonna of the Dry Tree " by Flemish artist Petrus Christus. Now used on the council's website to illustrate the … defense, replacing it with an illustration of the tiny painting of Mary standing on a dead tree trunk surrounded by dead branches and holding the Christ child. …
Cambodian Killing Fields, yesterday and today
… axes and hoes. Some bled to death, their necks cut with the sharp leaves from local palm trees. Executioners took children by the feet and smashed their heads against the trunk of a large tree. Bodies were then buried in mass graves, some 400 or more in a grave. To ensure certain … landscape. Visitors are asked to watch a 15-minute documentary before visiting the graves. The tree, against which uncounted children’s lives ended, is a particularly chilling site. Memorial …
Morning Briefing
… sites. Psychology textbook on cooperation grew out of projects planting flowers and trees: … Hudson professor writes a textbook on cooperation … Mom wonders about priest’s stipend …
Vietnamese Benedictine seeks new religious order after prohibition from working with drug addicts
… Many of them returned to the church and joined religious orders. They plant vegetables, fruit trees, and bonsai and raise pigs, fish, and poultry for their food. They also produce rosaries, …
Review: "The Church in the Modern World" Part II
… they are looking at have a reality of their own. To the person on the lower floor, the tree may loom large and to the person on the fortieth floor it may appear puny. But, with further investigation, we can determine the truth of how large the tree is. And, all the time we are looking at the tree, making it the object of our knowledge, making it “the known,” the tree is still busy being …