OSV Daily Take Blog: Shaw: Lent, Ash Wednesday and getting ‘real’. Why is it that Ash Wednesday and Lent remain relatively popular even in highly secularized times like these? It’s a serious question that touches on matters deeper than might at first be supposed.The popularity I speak of can be seen year after year on … Continue reading
‘Driving’ a new pair of arms: Neurology, recovery and rehabilitation
‘Driving’ a new pair of arms: Neurology, recovery and rehabilitation. Brendan Marrocco, an Iraq War veteran who lost all four limbs in a roadside bomb attack, was recently released from a Baltimore hospital after receiving a double-arm transplant. Northeastern University news office asked Christopher Hasson, a sensorimotor control expert and a newly appointed assistant professor … Continue reading
St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs – Memorial
St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs Memorial St. Paul Miki was born in 1580 in Japan. After the early missionary efforts of Bishop John of Albuquerque and St. Francis Xavier in 1548-1549, Christianity was on the rise in Japan. In 1587, when approximately 200,000 Christians were identified, Japan issued an edict of persecution towards Christians. … Continue reading
A Thousand Little Moments
I fail and I fall. Yes, Father, it’s me, again. My prayers and tears reach Your heart With plaintiff sighs. I reach for Love, As a baby grasps the finger, Securing You to my heart, Binding You by trifles. A thousand little moments, Like a knitter’s weave, Trivial triumphs conquering like souls, For made in … Continue reading
Unity in the Church – Saint Hilary of Poiters
Second From a commentary on the psalms by Saint Hilary of Poitiers, bishop The hearts and minds of all believers were one Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to dwell in unity! It is good and pleasant for brothers to dwell in unity, because when they do so their association creates the … Continue reading
