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April 2017

April 24, 2017

The Sound of Silence: Reflections on My Struggles with Silence, and its Lack, both in Church and out

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 24 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

Joy in the Midst of Unruly Children: Reflections on Prayer and Parenting

David Russell Mosley Lent 27 March 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

March 18, 2017

The World of Patrick’s Breastplate: Seeing through the Eyes of a Medieval Prayer

David Russell Mosley Lent 18 March 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

Did a Brazilian Woman Pray to a Toy of Elrond instead of to God? A Response to Benjamin L. Corey

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 11 January 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

“There are more things in heaven and earth […] than are dreamt of” Reflecting on Spiritual Vision in Advent

David Russell Mosley Advent 29 November 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

October 2016

October 01, 2016

Lord, Help Us as We Work: A Prayer

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 1 October 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

September 2016

September 03, 2016

Fear of Sleep, Fear of Eternity: Confronting Sloth with the Help of Thomas Aquinas

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time St. Gregory the Great The Edge of Elfland Hudson,...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

The Dangers of Forgetting John the Baptist and Remembering Yourself

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time The Beheading of St. John the Baptist The Edge of...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

The Blood of Martyrs, the Blood of the Eucharist: Saint Stephen and Fr. Jacques Hamel

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time Sts. Anne and Joachim The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

Praying for an Extraordinary Ordinary Time

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 17 June 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

I Need Advent: From Ordinary to Extraordinary

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 28 November 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

What I'm Reading II: Mary, Aquinas, the Devil, Snape, and the Birth of Narnia

David Russell Mosley Lent St Polycarp 23 February 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New...

February 17, 2015

Lenten Activities in 2015

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 17 February 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

February 14, 2015

Unbearably Light: Reflections on My Sons' Love of Light and an Unbearably Light Vision

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time St Cyril and St Methodius 14 February 2015 The Edge...

February 11, 2015

How I Pray: A Reflection

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 11 February 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

February 09, 2015

How I Pray: Introduction

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 8 February 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Praying on the Feast of the Angelic Doctor

David Russell Mosley Epiphanytide St Thomas Aquinas 27 January 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson,...

December 2014

December 08, 2014

The Scholar's Compass: A New Place to Find Me

David Russell Mosley Advent Conception of Mary 8 December 2014 The Edge of Elfland Hudson,...

October 2013

October 05, 2013

A Life of Rhythm: The Church Calendar and the Divine Hours

David Russell Mosley 5 October 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Students,...

March 2013

March 31, 2013

Easter: He is Risen

Dear Friends and Family, Today we celebrate the risen Christ. Let us remember the victory...

March 21, 2013

Seeking Guidance and Imaging God in Prayer: Icons and Their Use

Dear Friends and Family, One of my favourite Christmas presents from this last Christmas was...

March 17, 2013

A Guide to Knowing Your Saints: St Patrick

Dear Friends and Family, Today many people will be putting on massive amounts of green,...

March 12, 2013

Lent: The Light Has Gone out of the World

Dear Friends and Family, We're just over half-way through Lent and I've realised I didn't...

March 05, 2013

C. S. Lewis on Prayer and Deification

Dear Friends and Family, C. S. Lewis is probably one of the main reasons I...

January 2013

January 14, 2013

A Prayer for Scholars from Thomas Aquinas

Dear Friends and Family, I've been working on my first chapter this past week and...

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