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St. Ambrose’s Advent Hymn
St. Ambrose of Milan was one of the first hymnographers of the Western church, and remains one of the greatest. A number of his hymns survive. Below is a...
Incarnation Transcends Myth
It is the myth that gives life.” So says C. S. Lewis. In “Myth Became Fact,” he describes the Christian faith as the fulfillment of what the great pagan...
Verses for the Visitation
Translator’s note: The Western Church historically observed the Feast of the Visitation on July 2. In 1544, the reformer and humanist Philip Melanchthon wrote a poem about the event. For...
“He Wept Tears of Blood”
A very odd thing happens in Book 16 of the Iliad when Zeus decides that Sarpedon must die. Sarpedon was one of the greatest of the Trojan warriors. He also...
