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Issue 4

Mother Tongues
Love, Language, and Communion
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John Alba Cutler
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Then Shall They Fast
Years ago, a loved one died, and I was led to wonder if it might have been my fault.
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David L. Tayman III
1
Attending to Life
When I pine for my phone, I can feel it on my skin, a tingle akin to a lover walking into the room.
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Elizabeth Oldfield
Holy Gestures
Two Stories and a Poem
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Elizabeth Garcia
The Glory of God
Becoming Human, Becoming Divine
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Bishop Robert Barron
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Dedicación
Escrito el Domingo 19 de mayo 2024 en la dedicación del Templo de Puebla México. Al pisar tu casa Toda miel borda las luminarias del alma/ al pisar…
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Citlalli H Xochitiotzin Ortega
Brief
For the candle, where the candle is a proxy for life—flammable tallow, a taper we trim—there is no better adjective, though it doesn’t follow that brief…
In Silence
If poetry is words in the mouth, this isn’t it. Is a prayer stuck on a page a prayer at all? How do you lift this bit of ink, or this bit, to heaven…
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Jon Ogden
Jaredites on the Waves of the Great Deep
“For behold, ye shall be as a whale in the midst of the sea; for the mountain waves shall dash upon you.
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Meg McManama
Eastward
The steamship dies just short of Paradise where fog erases shores left far behind. Heeding the siren’s call comes at a price: the gentle ripping…
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D.A. Cooper
Approaching the Temple
I confess You elude me a bit In the signs others see: In the clothing-just-so, In the particulars of gesture, In the murmurations Both – they say …
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Linda Hoffman Kimball
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