
Stanzas for the Chinese Martyrs
2 Corinthians 4:8 I/ Fr. Chrysostom ChangA flowering of wire Binds the bare wrists behind;The opened skin a fire He suffers to remindOf
2 Corinthians 4:8 I/ Fr. Chrysostom ChangA flowering of wire Binds the bare wrists behind;The opened skin a fire He suffers to remindOf
ITwelve years before his death, Père Jean BrébeufWrote out instructions to his fellow priestsAnd missionaries for their life
He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens under a cross and his own words: “Peace O My Rebel Heart”. Claude McKay (1889-1948) was
“Hasten to Aid Thy Fallen People” How does one make a song of holiness? Or speak of music without spoiling it? They both seem
THE SONG OF ELIZABETH SETON Elizabeth was just a girl, And watched as her young mother died. Her father, in his Yankee way,
“Gloriosa Dicta Sunt De Te” When we think of our land, we often think Of those bare wilds waiting to be claimed, As if it
The Agnus Dei of Jacques Marquette Before the thousands, Père Marquette stood up to preach, That through the Blessed Virgin none escape his
[Editor’s Note: This is the third of a seven-poem song cyle James Matthew Wilson wrote commemorating the Mass of the Americas. In it, he fleshes
[Editors note: This is the second poem in the song cycle by James Matthew Wilson inspired by the Mass of the Americas, called “The River
Editors note: This is the first poem from James Matthew Wilson’s song cycle, The River of the Immaculate Conception (WisebloodBooks.com, 2019), commemorating the Mass of