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Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
Feast of St. Nicholas 6 December 2025 Domine Deus, Agnus Dei Composed by Antonio Vivaldi Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, Domine Deus, Domine Deus Agnus Dei, Filius Patris Qui tollis peccata Domine Deus Rex coelestis Qui tollis peccata Domine Filli Unigenite Qui tollis peccata Domine Deus Domine Deus Agnus Dei Filius Patris Qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere Agnus Dei Miserere Filius Patris Miserere nobis Miserere Miserere Miserere nobis.
Dec 5, 2025


When Faith Faces Evil: The Winged Watchman
30 November 2025 When Faith Faces Evil: The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum My journey to writing THE DAWN was not linear. It was a circuitous series of intriguing steps, that led to other steps. Each one granted me information and insights. I was largely, if not completely, unaware of those creative dimensions until the summer of 2008 when I set out to compose THE DAWN. Once I started to write this novel, I was in for a penny, in for a pound. A very large pound!
Nov 30, 2025


Smile
12 October 2025 Smile Music by Charlie Chaplin, with lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons Smile, though your heart is aching ...
Oct 12, 2025


In the Garden
21 September 2025 In the Garden by Charles A. Miles (1913) I come to the garden alone While the dew is still on the roses And the voice I...
Sep 19, 2025


Je Suis Charlie
14 September 2025 During the terrorist attacks on employees in the offices of the weekly magazine, Charlie Hebdo, on 7 January 2015 by two French-born Algerian Muslim brothers, who left 12 dead in their “Allahu Akbar!” wake; and the subsequent flight north of Paris by those Islamic terrorists, and the hostage-taking and murders of four Jewish hostages in a kosher supermarket, from 7-9 January: The State of France was in a state of siege from within. French President Franç
Sep 14, 2025


Odile
Bastille Day 2025 In THE DAWN, Odile Marquet Van der Groef is the younger sister of Pascal Marquet, owner of Pascal’s Restaurant in...
Jul 6, 2025


A House with Love In It
11 May 2025 A House with Love In It Music by Sidney Lippman with lyrics by Sylvia Dee A house with love in it is rich indeed Although...
May 11, 2025


You’ll Never Walk Alone
27 October 2024 You’ll Never Walk Alone Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II When you walk through a storm Hold your...
Oct 27, 2024


This Little Light of Mine
11 August 2024 This Little Light of Mine by Harry Dixon Loes; additions by Debra Milligan This little light of mine I’m gonna let it...
Aug 11, 2024


Psalm 121
21 July 2024 Psalm 121 A Song of Degrees 1 — I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 — My help cometh from...
Jul 21, 2024


Balm
21 July 2024 There is a Balm in Gilead Negro Spiritual There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole. There is a balm in Gilead to...
Jul 21, 2024


The Lord's Prayer
15 October 2023 The Lord’s Prayer Music by Albert Hay Malotte; lyrics from The Book of Matthew 6:9-13, King James Version Our Father...
Oct 8, 2023


Ave Maria
Summer 2023 Ave Maria by Franz Schubert The sublime composition known as Ave Maria by Franz Schubert was originally entitled, in the...
Jul 1, 2023


I Believe
Easter 2023 I Believe (Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman) I believe for every drop of rain that falls a flower grows. I believe that somewhere in the darkest night a candle glows. I believe for everyone that goes astray Someone will come to show the way. I believe. Yes, I believe. I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard. I believe that Someone in that great Somewhere Hears every word. Every time I hear a newborn baby cry or touch a
Apr 9, 2023


Psalm 91
Sunday 5 September 2021 Psalm 91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2. I...
Sep 5, 2021


Ecclesiastes, Chapter 9
Summer 2021 To Life: L’Chaim The book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament of the Bible is considered one of the Books of Wisdom of...
Jun 27, 2021


The Greatest Mystery
Easter 2021 During this past autumn, October 2020, I experienced online a televised Easter special that had been produced in 1981 by...
Apr 4, 2021


An Essay for Roy
Mid-November 2020 Once in every life, someone comes along, and the life of each someone is changed, somehow, forever. I have been blessed...
Nov 15, 2020


Laying Down The Law - Leviticus 26:1-9
April 2020 Just as murder can be hazardous to your health, crime can be hazardous to the law. I long ago opined to my children that if...
Apr 12, 2020


The Bishop's Wife
Christmas 2019 Western Gifts from Writers These literary gifts are from writers of Western Civilization, but not necessarily from writers...
Dec 22, 2019
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