Nell’omelia di ieri, festività dell’Epifania del Signore, papa Francesco ha pronunciato queste bellissime parole: “…un grande pittore, Van Gogh, scriveva che il bisogno di Dio lo spingeva a uscire di notte per dipingere le stelle. Sì, perché Dio ci ha fatti così: impastati di desiderio; orientati, come i magi, verso le stelle…… come per i… Read More Impastati di desiderio e orientati verso le stelle
Louise Glück, the American poet who was awarded The Nobel Prize for Literature in 2020, was born on 22 April 1943. AT THE RIVEROne night that summer my mother decided it was time to tell me aboutwhat she referred to as pleasure, though you could see she feltsome sort of unease about this ceremony, which… Read More Happy Birthday, Louise Glück! 🎉
“We Three Kings”, is a Christmas carol whose lyrics and music were written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. in 1857. (Here you can find lyrics and video)At the time Hopkins was an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church, and while serving as music director of the General Theological Seminary in New York City he composed… Read More “We Three Kings” (2. Commentary)
In his homily for today, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Francis tookhis cue from the liturgical readings and focused on the three fundamental steps of worshipping (a theme that is a bit uncommon in this era where everything takes place in a rush, we are all focused on our problems, and… Read More Epiphany/ “We Three Kings” (1. Lyrics and Translation)
There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men are at home. The crazy stable close at hand, With shaking timber and shifting sand, Grew a stronger thing to abide and stand Than the square stones of Rome. For men are homesick in… Read More The House of Christmas
Habitable Exoplanet Discovery On 22 February 2017, scientists working at the California Institute of Technology for NASA, using the Spitzer Space Telescope, announced the discovery of seven potentially habitable exoplanets orbiting around a single star –a red dwarf at just 39 light years away. This star is small, and shines with a… Read More Habitable Exoplanet Discovery
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