Recent Posts
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Why Do the Nations Rage?
7/11/2024
A musical setting and illumination of Psalm 2.
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A Prayer for Resolution
6/20/2024
For problems that need a heavenly solution.
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Asperges Me: Gregorian Chant Illumination
6/20/2024
A traditional Gregorian Chant, illuminated and rendered in a responsive web format.
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Reflection, Confession, Restoration
6/20/2024
A prayer pattern for maintaining a clear conscience before God.
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Prayer to the Transcendental, Triune God
6/3/2024
A prayer of worship founded on the classical transcendental values of truth, goodness, and beauty: a triad of virtues mirroring the Triune God.
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Almighty God: A Contemplative Prayer
6/2/2024
A Christian contemplative prayer in the form of a runic-alphabet-based acrostic.
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A Prayer for Grace in Suffering
5/15/2024
A prayer to help us accept the reality and necessity of suffering as well as to remove our fear of it.
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Sanctus: Gregorian Chant Illumination
4/3/2024
Illuminated manuscript of a traditional Gregorian Chant.
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A Prayer of Trust
3/13/2024
When we place our full trust in God, the reward we reap is the peace that surpasses all understanding.
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More Than Sufficient
2/18/2024
A short prayer expressing complete reliance on God.
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Alpha and Omega
8/20/2023
A simple prayer of praise for the start and end of each day.
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The Hidden Power of the Cross
5/5/2023
Jesus didn’t just suffer for us, he suffers with us. Through the Cross of Christ we not only find grace to endure suffering, but also gain the ability to comfort others in their suffering.
A wound that is covered only
with the scars of bitterness
is not a wound truly healed.
with the scars of bitterness
is not a wound truly healed.