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Angela Alaimo O’Donnell
Angela alaimo O’Donnell is associate director of the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University.
Bird in the Body of the World
December fifth, the first day of frost, boxwood leaves silver in the sunlight. Car windows coated, the glassy grass crackles, fragile underfoot. ...
In Praise of Donkeys
What does a donkey know of consciousness? The sweet taste of carrots, the soft caress of a child who loves him, if he is blessed ...
The Ballad of the Body
For 60 years I have occupied this cage of bone and skin. My body has been every size, a house to hold my spirit in....
Dante Meets Beatrice
“Dante, though Virgil’s leaving you, do not
yet weep, do not weep yet; you’ll need your tears
for what another sword must yet inflict.”...
Christ sighting: Easter Monday
Christ comes, a knock on the door when I least
expect him. Espresso in hand I pop open
the screen door that sticks in every kind...
Love in the time of coronavirus - Quarantine day #29: Our Emmaus
“And the two recounted what had taken place on the way
and how he was made known to them in the breaking
of the bread.” —Luke 24:35...
Love in the time of coronavirus: Quarantine day #8: Super moon
Last night we walked along the river path.
The full moon rose and shone its pale light
across the water. It did not feel like night...
Love in the time of coronavirus:
COVID has made me stupid
Good books line my shelves, but I don’t read them.
Three sentences in and my mind wanders off
like a toddler in search of a snack. I stuff...
Magdalene’s mistake
“They have taken away my lord . . . and I don’t know
where they have put him.” —John 20:13...
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