The 13th Apostle

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Ever since the Islamic Revolution of November 1979, during which 66 Americans were taken hostage at the American embassy in Tehran, America has had a fraught relationship with Islam--including the current (undeclared) war between the United States and Iran. But can Islamic faith rituals paradoxically ignite or rekindle the flame of faith in those living in a country founded upon Judeo-Christian tr...

The Catechism teaches us, "After confessing 'the holy catholic Church,' the Apostles' Creed adds 'the communion of saints."What is the Church if not the assembly of all the saints?" The communion of saints is the Church.'" Are you in communion with anyone in that holy Community? If not, then perhaps the abstract saint is hard to connect with, and you need the reality of a saint's tomb in the spiri...

A leading oncologist relates powerful true stories about God’s grace and healing in a major modern medical center. This supposedly sterile place is, in fact, alive—enchanted—with God’s presence, mercy, peace, and healing. These vibrant stories awaken us to the wonder all around us and to the good news that God visits us wherever we are. The book flows from the unfolding of faith in the life of an...

A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with Fr Anthony Mary, a monk of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer and Rector of their Golgotha Monastery on the Island of Papa Stronsay off the coast of Scotland. I invited Fr Anthony to discuss the Order’s Open Letter, published last October. This document decries the destruction of the Catholic Church from within by corrupt church leaders, manifested by the...

Discover the Divine language of numbers with The Mystical Meaning of Numbers in Sacred Scripture, a timeless work by the influential Doctor of the Church, St. Isidore of Seville. St Isidore unveils how sacred authors used numbers to convey important messages and infuse mystical symbolism into Scripture. Thanks to the translation and editing by Fr Robert Nixon, OSB, the world of Biblical numerology...

Upon the sudden death of his mother, Jack Benton, her only child, returns home to help settle her affairs. Though close to his mother, Jack has been living in Berlin, immersed in his career as an international lawyer, and hasn’t been home in two years. In a long letter his mother left him, Jack learns stunning details about his father for the first time—a famous figure in the Catholic world whom J...

Inspired by the father of all monks, Saint Antony of the Desert, a group of Irish Catholic monks set sail more than 1,400 years ago to discover a “desert in the pathless sea.” They sought an island that, while physically set apart could also be made holy—made Catholic—by God working through those willing monks and their life of worship in the language of the ancient Church, through contemplative p...

In Tales From Wakken Wood, by E.P. Cowley, bullies pick on Peter Thornburg because of his shining silver eyes. Because of that, his dad sent him to live with relatives on the island. But something there does not add up. Strange creatures appear and disappear out of the corner of his eye. Stores are ransacked in the dead of night. As Peter settles into his new life at Wakkenburg House, he learns th...

Nyansa Classical Community provides classical, Christian curricula and programming designed to connect with and draw students from diverse backgrounds into the beauty of classical literature and the Great Conversation. Their curricula and programming cultivates the poetic and moral imaginations, deepens enjoyment of classical literature, language, and art and encourages students to cultivate truth...