Author: RMDell’Orfano
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Masquerade
During a carnival, men put masks over their masks.Today, cardinals, bishops, and the pope all wear that same tall, open-fish-mouth headpiece called a miter, long ago used in worship of Cybele and Dagon.
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Simple Self-Control
“It’s so hard avoiding sugar,” she says to her friend. “It’s in everything these days.” I think she means for me to hear her excuse loud and clear. She studies my array of produce and remarks, “I can see you’re doing the right thing. You must be healthy. But it’s so hard to be good during…
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Our Goldilocks Planet
Earth’s many unseen players are conducted by a Master Composer in some symphonic Song Without End.each of us are more precious than that, fearfully and wonderfully made,
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Time Passing Me By
“Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.”
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Terrors of the Night
While trying to fall asleep, she hears the heavy thud of exploding bombs. As the planes fly closer, there’s a flash of light, then the house shudders and trembles. Glass pendants on the nightstand lamp clink and tinkle. She pulls the quilted covers over her head to hide from fear, and trembles until her mother…
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My Father’s Business
Gazing upon all this, I feel like I’ve become a little child again, as when my giant of a father gave me a tour of his workshop. Only now it’s my heavenly Father who allows me to admire His machines and countless workers.
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Crossing the Generation Gap
“Our human species is evolving and transcending its natural roles. We once couldn’t fly but now we can land on the moon. Genetic engineers may be designing a unisex super race. Transgenders are into exploring that. Rejuvenation drugs would make marriage and designer babies passé. I see same-sex marriage as a dead end issue and…
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Rampant Loneliness
On the first warm day of spring, some vagrants came out of their nooks and hideaways to congregate in the local park for fellowship. Several men, old and young, sat together at a stone picnic table, chatting, eating, and drinking beer or cheap wine early in the day. During the frigid winter, shivering alone under…
THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness 