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Illuminations

—Anthony Esolen on Christian Hymns

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37.6 — Nov/Dec 2024

Where Even the Ivy May Bear Fruit


37.5 — Sept/Oct 2024

The Cool of the Evening


37.4 — Jul/Aug 2024

And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well


37.3 — May/June 2024

Praying for Gratitude


37.2 — Mar/Apr 2024

Before the Fall


37.1 — Jan/Feb 2024

Child’s Play


36.6 — Nov/Dec 2023

Departures & Advents


36.5 — Sept/Oct 2023

Our Angelic Defenders


36.4 — Jul/Aug 2023

The Comforter's Fire

Understanding the Holy Spirit in Italian hymns


36.3 — May/Jun 2023

All of Us Sparrows

“His Eye Is on the Sparrow”


36.2 — Mar/Apr 2023

Liberation Poetry


36.1 — Jan/Feb 2023

The Victorious King

The Hymn for the Vespers of Epiphany, Hostis Herodes impie


35.6 — Nov/Dec 2022

Triune Home

“O Father All Creating” by John Ellerton (1876)


35.5 — Sept/Oct 2022

How Do I Use Thee?

On George Herbert's "Unkindness"


35.4 — Jul/Aug 2022

Marching Together


35.3 — May/Jun 2022

The Shores Beyond

Saint Anatolius's Fierce Was the Wild Billow


35.2 — Mar/Apr 2022

Our Love, Crucified

"O Come and Mourn with Me Awhile," by Frederick Faber


35.1 — January/February 2022

He Is Near

"On Jordan's Bank"


34.6 — Nov/Dec 2021

Spiritual Colors

"Venite ad me omnes" by Felice Anerio


34.5 — Sept/Oct 2021

A Hero for Our Time

"Forsaken Once and Thrice Denied" by Cecil Frances Alexander


34.4 — July/August 2021

The Ring & the Gem

"Come Unto Me, Ye Weary" by William Chatterton Dix


34.3 — May/June 2021

A Hymn for His Courts

"Pleasant Are Thy Courts Above" by Henry Francis Lyte (1834


34.2 — March/April 2021

Rules for Rhymes


34.1 — January/February 2021

Forget Me Not


33.6 — Nov/Dec 2020

The Bridegroom Cometh


33.5 — September/October 2020

United at the Cross


33.4 — July/August 2020

Pantocrator Lite


33.3 — May/June 2020

A Whole Poem


33.2 — March/April 2020

High Praise & Mercy


33.1 — January/February 2020

Godward Bound


32.6 — November/December 2019

O for a Thousand Hymns to Sing!


32.5 — September/October 2019

Washed in the Blood


32.4 — July/August 2019

His Sweet Name

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee


32.3 — May/June 2019

Light of Light

The Liturgy of the Hours


32.2 — March/April 2019

Hymns Ascending

See, the Lord Ascends in Triumph


32.1 — January/February 2019

Seven Gems from Calvary

The Seven Words on the Cross


31.6 — November/December 2018

Come Unto Me

Come Unto Me, Ye Weary


31.5 — September/October 2018

The Wedding Guest

O Father All Creating


31.4 — July/August 2018

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken


31.3 — May/June 2018

Festal Joy

This Is the Hour of Banquet and of Song


31.2 — March/April 2018

When Worship Goes Wrong


31.1 — January/February 2018

The First Blood

Victis sibi cognomina


30.6 — Nov/Dec 2017

What Was Done Before


30.5 — Sept/Oct 2017

How to Write a Hymn


30.4 — July/Aug 2017

All the Colors of the World

Sometimes a Light Surprises


30.3 — May/June 2017

Let's Learn the Craft


30.2 — March/April 2017

The Light of the Cross


29.6 — Nov/Dec 2016

The Advent of the Everlasting Day


29.5 — Sept/Oct 2016

Hymns of the Ages


29.4 — July/August 2016

Worship for the Weary


29.3 — May/June 2016

Loosened Tongues Employed


29.2 — March/April 2016

Loving Sacrifice


29.1 — Jan/Feb 2016

What Star Is This?


28.6 — Nov/Dec 2015

O Great Humility


28.5 — Sept/Oct 2015

To Hear the Bridegroom's Voice


28.4 — July/Aug 2015

Our Dear Land


28.3 — May/June 2015

Muddled Hymns


28.2 — March/April 2015

A Fast for the Feast


28.1 — January/February 2015

Schooled for Sacrifice


27.6 — Nov/Dec 2014

Love Came Down


27.5 — Sept/Oct 2014

What Did He Do?


27.4 — July/August 2014

Bread & Ruminations


27.3 — May/June 2014

A Circle of Grace


27.2 — March/April 2014

An Easter Trinity


27.1 — Jan/Feb 2014

And He Shall Purify


26.6 — Nov/Dec 2013

Like a Thief in the Night


26.5 — Sept/Oct 2013

The Lord of The Harvest


26.4 — July/August 2013

Patriot Dust


26.3 — May/June 2013

Our Quiet Lord

Pentecost and the Voice on the Mountain: The Silence of Holiness


26.2 — Mar/Apr 2013

At the Cross of Jesus


26.1 — Jan/Feb 2013

A Musical Work of Mercy


25.6 — Nov/Dec 2012

Creator of the Stars of Night


25.5 — Sept/Oct 2012

Ascending & Descending Glory


25.4 — July/August 2012

A Song for a Nation


25.3 — May/Jun 2012

In the Key of Christ


25.2 — March/April 2012

Fast & See That the Lord Is Good


25.1 — Jan/Feb 2012

Songs of Thankfulness & Praise


24.6 — Nov/Dec 2011

In the Bleak Midwinter


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