Burns wrote about this poem in his First Commonplace Book, which was dated March 1784. ‘There was a certain period of my life that my spirit was broke by repeated losses and disasters, which ...

The multigenerational drama hurtles by on a razor's edge between tragedy and comedy, rage and serenity, hope and despair.

We trust that your merciful eyes may deign to gaze down upon our miseries and anguish, upon our struggles and our weaknesses; that your countenance may smile upon our joys and our victories ...

During Holy Week, we draw near to Christ, remembering his final battle with sin and Satan on our behalf. No one had the power ...