Brilliance by Mark Doty Maggie's taking care of a man who's dying; he's attended to everything, said goodbye to his parents, paid off his credit card. She says Why don't you just run it up to the limit? but he wants everything squared away, no balance owed, though he misses the pets he's already found … Continue reading Brilliance and First Advent

King Louis IX of France, better known to us as Saint Louis, lost his father when he was twelve years old.  His mother Blanche became regent and ruled France until he was old enough to become king.  Blanche was a domineering personality, so domineering that, after Louis had married the lovely young Margaret of Provence, … Continue reading Christ the King