Francis Thompson

The Hound of Heaven
By Francis Thompson (1859-1907)
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter.
Up vistaed hopes I sped;
And shot, precipitated,
Adown Titanic glooms of [...]

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Back to School

Hello fellow lilies!!!!!
First of all, I owe everyone (on behalf of the other three authors) a huge apology for not updating the site during the past couple weeks. There have been several family celebrations, including a cousin’s wedding, amongst other things. Today is officially the first day back to school, and sadly I am going [...]

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The Mirror of Christ

From the Office of Readings for the Memorial of St. Clare:
Queen and bride of Jesus Christ, look into that mirror daily and study well your reflection, that you may adorn yourself, mind and body, with an enveloping garment of every virtue, and thus find yourself attired in flowers and gowns befitting the daughter and most [...]

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God’s Harmony

Rest in the palm of God’s hand; so that He may carry you closer to His heart, so you may live in harmony with the saints.
~Rose

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Book Review: Reed of God

Yesterday in Adoration (after greeting Fr. Foley – huzzahs! – he’s been on vacation), I started The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander. In fact, I bought the book from the Daughters of St. Paul at Mount 2008 in February at the recommendation of my mother who said it was amazing. But I didn’t feel [...]

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Layout design

Sorry – I changed the layout design again! I just realized today that the “prayer requests” page disappeared in the last design.
+Lily

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Out of the fog of jetlag…

I am slowing coming out of the fog of jetlag (shocked my system out of it yesterday when I let my body have its way and just stayed up for 45 hours without a wink of sleep), and am finally lucid enough to post!
On our second day of Catechesis at WYD, a bishop from Ireland [...]

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Pope Benedict on Relativism

Happy Feast of St. John Vianney!!!! Here is a tidbit from Pope Benedict for today:
There is also something sinister which stems from the fact that freedom and tolerance are so often separated from truth. This is fueled by the notion, widely held today, that there are no absolute truths to guide our lives.
Relativism, by indiscriminately [...]

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Dancing with Jesus

We got to see a drama team perform this skit at the Receive the Power concert at WYD08; one of my cousins alerted me to this video on youtube. Enjoy!!!!

+Lily

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Home again!

Dear lilies!
Honeysuckle and I arrived back in the U.S.A. in the wee small hours of the morning on Tuesday. The life-changing experience of World Youth Day ‘08 was absolutely incredible and leaves me nearly speechless. We encountered so many inspiring people from around the world, and the gift of being a part of such a [...]

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