The Turning Point

’twas but a fancy, just a dream,
a waste of time to muse about,
but a dream so real and fair it seemed
that long it caused me needless pain,
for dark, my world would be without
your touch, your smile, your love, I deemed.
a dream that brought but hurt and doubt,
and clouds from which my self caused rain.
ever and [...]

Thomas Jefferson: Author of a Living Document that Still Influences Today

Introduction
Thomas Jefferson is a striking and celebrated figure as well as a ready choice for most influential American. This paper will describe Thomas Jefferson as an author, the writing of the Declaration of Independence, and how Thomas Jefferson, through the Declaration of Independence has influenced American history.

Thomas Jefferson the Chosen Author
Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years [...]

Country Encounters — Part Three: Military Tactics

Jacobs stared into the distance, recalling the happy days of his youth. Samuel Cartwright was greatly moved, almost wishing that he too could know General Washington as intimately as this man.
“Well, all is forgiven and forgotten, Jacobs, concerning our hot remarks. But I must admit you have kindled my interest in General Washington. Would you [...]

Who is Jesus Christ?

Living a Christian life on our own is impossible. Only through the strength that we have in God, the strength that we have in Jesus, can this be possible. When we hear of how great God’s love is for us, I think, many of us genuinely want to respond to Him by loving Him back [...]

Eucharistic, or a “Daily Ritual” ?

The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life. The mode of Christ’s presence under the Eucharistic species is unique. It raises the Eucharist above all the sacraments as “the perfection of the spiritual life and the end to which all sacraments tend.” (CCC #1374)
However, sadly, for many people….
Nowadays, the mass and the [...]

The Sign of the Cross

As Catholics, we must profess our faith not only by word but by our actions. According to such St. James, faith without work is dead. Those who attend Mass, receive the Sacraments, and make outward signs of devotion, such as the Sign of the Cross, fulfill this obligation.
When we make the Sign of the Cross, [...]

Lucifer

“Hey listen to me!
I can set you free!
I can give you all you desire!
Who cares you’ll spend eternity in fire?
It don’t matter I look gaunt
I can give you all you want!
Just overlook my name is Lucifer,
I can give you her and her and her!
Don’t listen to that weak one
They say their faith is in the [...]