Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light

by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light gathers faith-filled poems and reflections that trace the quiet movements of grace in ordinary life—moments of healing, gratitude, struggle, and renewal. Drawing deeply on Scripture, prayer, and lived experience, these meditations invite readers to rediscover hope, compassion, and the sustaining light of Christ. Written in a clear, contemplative voice, this collection offers spiritual encouragement for anyone seeking peace, meaning, and deeper trust in God’s presence.

Paperback: $14.95 | Kindle: $9.99

TESTIMONIALS

“This luminous collection reminds us that grace often appears in quiet, overlooked moments. With theological depth and pastoral sensitivity, these reflections invite the reader to pause, pray, and rediscover the gentle nearness of God anew.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Theresa Hickey is an award-winning poet, free-lance writer and lifelong learner. Resting Place, her fourth collection of poems was recently published by Finishing Line Press. Prior books include Raising the Child, Sighs of a Gracious Nature and Shy, awarded a Poetry Book Award by the Catholic Media Association of the U.S. and Canada. Boston Globe Book Reviewer, Nina MacLaughlin, has praised her work and compared it to Mary Oliver’s: “The author focuses on life devoted to an ongoing search and questions of spirituality and faith . . . . ‘life lived in union with Spirit.’” Her poems appear in numerous anthologies and journals. Hickey and her husband, Michael, also an author, have been married 60 years; they have four children and seven grandchildren. A co-leader of the Pelican Bay Women’s League Writers (FL), Theresa is a retiree of Salem State University (MA).  She participates in a meditation/Bible study group where members express their faith and are committed to social justice projects.

 

OTHER CATHOLIC POETRY BOOKS

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey Glimpses of Light gathers faith-filled poems and reflections that trace the quiet movements of grace in ordinary life—moments of healing, gratitude, struggle, and renewal. Drawing deeply on Scripture, prayer, and lived experience,...

read more
My Journey’s End by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, CSsR

My Journey’s End by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, CSsR

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Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone

Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone

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A Dear Friend, Vol. II – Anger by Daniel Mahoney

A Dear Friend, Vol. II – Anger by Daniel Mahoney

But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead. - from "O Captain! My Captain!"by Walt WhitmanA Dear Friend, Volume 2: Anger by Daniel Mahoney with a foreword by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP This second volume...

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Hearing Voices by Barbara Ruth Saunders

Hearing Voices by Barbara Ruth Saunders

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A Time Will Come by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R.

A Time Will Come by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. This collection of poems covers a wide variety of themes: light and darkness, life and death, faith and doubt, courage and fear, time and eternity, true self and false self—to name but a few. It is rooted in the Catholic faith...

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A Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney

A Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney

Exult O shores, and ring O bells!But I with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead. - from "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt WhitmanA Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney This first volume of poems is the poetic expression of the...

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Cloud of Witnesses – 25th Anniversary Edition

Cloud of Witnesses – 25th Anniversary Edition

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Yonder in the Sun: Poems

Yonder in the Sun: Poems

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Flow Gently Days

Flow Gently Days

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Light of Faith: Poems and Plays

Light of Faith: Poems and Plays

“It is so sweet to serve the good God in the dark night of trial; we have this life only in which to live by faith.” - St Thérèse of Lisieux.   “The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.” - J.R.R. Tolkien.Light of...

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Mark on the Line

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His Divine Presence

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Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton

Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton

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Pavement Prayers

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Pavement Prayers Kalia confessed to murder last night amid a hushed silence that lasted only a short while before he went into detailed account of the events that led to it . . . Thus begins one of the prayers in this book. This is a book of prayers that tell a story....

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Help Dante Help Italy

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My Journey’s End by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, CSsR

My Journey’s End by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, CSsR

My Journey’s End

by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R.

This volume offers a contemplative collection of spiritual reflections and poetic meditations, tracing the human journey toward meaning, surrender, and hope. Written with simplicity and depth, these brief pieces invite readers to pause, listen, and walk honestly through longing, doubt, faith, and grace. Rooted in Christian spirituality yet universally human, this book accompanies readers as they take life one step at a time toward rest in God.

Paperback: $12.95 | Kindle: $9.99

TESTIMONIALS

“This work unfolds with quiet reverence, inviting the reader to linger at life’s thresholds, where memory, hope, and surrender meet, and where the end of one journey becomes the beginning of deeper trust in God.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R., is Professor Emeritus of the history of moral theology and Christian spirituality at the Alphonsian Academy of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and served as The Robert F. Leavitt Distinguished Service Chair in Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore. An American Redemptorist of the Baltimore Province, Fr. Billy has advanced degrees from Harvard University, the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum), and the Graduate Theological Foundation. The author of numerous books and articles on a variety of religious topics, he is also active in his order’s retreat apostolate and in the ministry of spiritual direction.

 

OTHER CATHOLIC POETRY BOOKS

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey Glimpses of Light gathers faith-filled poems and reflections that trace the quiet movements of grace in ordinary life—moments of healing, gratitude, struggle, and renewal. Drawing deeply on Scripture, prayer, and lived experience,...

read more
My Journey’s End by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, CSsR

My Journey’s End by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, CSsR

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Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone

Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone

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A Dear Friend, Vol. II – Anger by Daniel Mahoney

A Dear Friend, Vol. II – Anger by Daniel Mahoney

But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead. - from "O Captain! My Captain!"by Walt WhitmanA Dear Friend, Volume 2: Anger by Daniel Mahoney with a foreword by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP This second volume...

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Hearing Voices by Barbara Ruth Saunders

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A Time Will Come by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R.

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A Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney

A Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney

Exult O shores, and ring O bells!But I with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead. - from "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt WhitmanA Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney This first volume of poems is the poetic expression of the...

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Cloud of Witnesses – 25th Anniversary Edition

Cloud of Witnesses – 25th Anniversary Edition

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Yonder in the Sun: Poems

Yonder in the Sun: Poems

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read more
Flow Gently Days

Flow Gently Days

Flow Gently Days by Rachel Heise The author endeavors in this book of poetry to demonstrate an alertness to the divine glorious moments in time that often pass by underappreciated. She encourages all readers to be on the lookout for a trail of lights that leads back...

read more
Light of Faith: Poems and Plays

Light of Faith: Poems and Plays

“It is so sweet to serve the good God in the dark night of trial; we have this life only in which to live by faith.” - St Thérèse of Lisieux.   “The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.” - J.R.R. Tolkien.Light of...

read more
Mark on the Line

Mark on the Line

Mark on the Line: ​On the sinking of the Marques, June 3, 1984 by Lawrence Hopperton Mark on the Line is centred on the grief author Larry Hopperton endured – endures – in the aftermath of the devastating 1984 loss of the sailing ship Marques, a vessel whose doomed...

read more
His Divine Presence

His Divine Presence

His Divine Presence by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. Poetry of praise for the grace that God freely provides at every moment of our lives. Paperback: $9.99 | Kindle: $9.99 TESTIMONIALS "A dancer took off her makeup and costume and asked, "What more is there to life?" A woman...

read more
Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton

Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton

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read more
Pavement Prayers

Pavement Prayers

Pavement Prayers Kalia confessed to murder last night amid a hushed silence that lasted only a short while before he went into detailed account of the events that led to it . . . Thus begins one of the prayers in this book. This is a book of prayers that tell a story....

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Help Dante Help Italy

Help Dante Help Italy

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Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone

Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone

Rhymes of Repentance

by Michael Sansone

Michael Sansone, through this collection of his verse, invites readers into a poetic journey of faith, struggle, and grace. Through vivid reflections on sin, sorrow, forgiveness, and divine mercy, these heartfelt verses illuminate the soul’s effort to return to God. With honesty and spiritual depth, the poet explores contrition, vocation, suffering, and hope—revealing how repentance becomes a path to healing, humility, and renewed trust in Christ’s presence.

Paperback: $14.95 | Kindle: $9.99

TESTIMONIALS

“There comes a time in a person’s life when they look back to see what they have done and perhaps when they could have done differently. Upon review, some choose to do nothing. Some seek professional help risking a therapist who doesn’t share their beliefs. Others, like Michael Sansone, turn to the roots of their faith, relying on God to guide them along the right paths. In this collection of poetry, Michael shares his very personal faith journey. He shows us what he has experienced and how all this has drawn him closer to the one God living and true. No doubt, as others prayerfully read through these poetic meditations, they will find something that will resonate with their own journey of faith.” – Father Dominic Lenk, O.S.B., author of Voices from the Upper Room

Rhymes of Repentance is a starkly tender pilgrimage through guilt, grace, and hope. With unguarded honesty and devotional courage, Michael Sansone offers luminous verses that feel prayed rather than written – inviting readers to face themselves before God and emerge renewed.” – Phillip Krill, author of a series of books promoting a Trinitarian vision of Deification and Contemplative Prayer
“Michael Sansone has become very close to God through contemplative prayer and faithful reception of the Lord in the Eucharist, as this collection of poetry attests. May his book have the same effect on you.” – Fr. Gerard Garrigan, O.S.B., author of He Tells Stories

“In this penetrating yet soothing collection of streaming, rhyming, and repentant verse, the author maps his conversion from the shallow waters of grace to a life rooted in awe of a merciful and loving God. In it, he shows that what is most intimate and personal often has universal significance. In doing so, he challenges his readers to delve beneath the surface of their own lives, dive into the deep waters of existence, and allow them to penetrate their own hungry and thirsting souls.” – Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R., author of My Journey’s End and other works

“A poetic examen of the soul, Sansone’s verse draws readers into the sacred work of turning heartward toward Christ, where contrition becomes restoration and every honest lament flowers into hope-filled communion with God.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael “Mick” Sansone rose from the “School of Hard Knocks” in midtown St. Louis to become the CEO of a thriving family business. His faith journey began in 1975, when a powerful encounter with the Holy Spirit transformed his life and called him to a renewed walk with Christ. Believing deeply that all people are children of God, Michael has spent decades mentoring and supporting individuals from every background. A devoted husband, father, and grandfather, he continues to witness the quiet miracles of daily life—affirming his conviction that Jesus Christ is as present today as He was in the New Testament.

 

OTHER POETRY WORKS

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey Glimpses of Light gathers faith-filled poems and reflections that trace the quiet movements of grace in ordinary life—moments of healing, gratitude, struggle, and renewal. Drawing deeply on Scripture, prayer, and lived experience,...

read more
My Journey’s End by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, CSsR

My Journey’s End by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, CSsR

My Journey's End by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. This volume offers a contemplative collection of spiritual reflections and poetic meditations, tracing the human journey toward meaning, surrender, and hope. Written with simplicity and depth, these brief pieces invite readers...

read more
Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone

Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone

Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone Michael Sansone, through this collection of his verse, invites readers into a poetic journey of faith, struggle, and grace. Through vivid reflections on sin, sorrow, forgiveness, and divine mercy, these heartfelt verses...

read more
A Dear Friend, Vol. II – Anger by Daniel Mahoney

A Dear Friend, Vol. II – Anger by Daniel Mahoney

But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead. - from "O Captain! My Captain!"by Walt WhitmanA Dear Friend, Volume 2: Anger by Daniel Mahoney with a foreword by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP This second volume...

read more
Hearing Voices by Barbara Ruth Saunders

Hearing Voices by Barbara Ruth Saunders

Hearing Voices by Barbara Ruth Saunders Barbara Ruth Saunders’ debut poetry collection, Hearing Voices, summons personal encounters with people and places, in memory and imagination. Paperback: $9.99 | Kindle: $9.99 REVIEW Patricia Vaccarino (February 10, 2025), "Book...

read more
A Time Will Come by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R.

A Time Will Come by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R.

A Time Will Come by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. This collection of poems covers a wide variety of themes: light and darkness, life and death, faith and doubt, courage and fear, time and eternity, true self and false self—to name but a few. It is rooted in the Catholic faith...

read more
A Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney

A Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney

Exult O shores, and ring O bells!But I with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead. - from "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt WhitmanA Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney This first volume of poems is the poetic expression of the...

read more
Cloud of Witnesses – 25th Anniversary Edition

Cloud of Witnesses – 25th Anniversary Edition

Published on the Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin MaryWomen of Grace with Johnette Benkovic (September 11 & 12, 2023) - When God Offers Us the Cross: Steps to Mining the Treasure, Part 1 and Part 2Cloud of Witnesses by Joni J. Seith This 25th...

read more
Yonder in the Sun: Poems

Yonder in the Sun: Poems

Yonder in the Sun by Daniel Fitzpatrick Yonder in the Sun serves as a poetic rendering of the soul’s encounter with the world. Through three cycles of verses wrought in a blend of traditional forms, the poems draw the reader into encounters with love and death, the...

read more
Flow Gently Days

Flow Gently Days

Flow Gently Days by Rachel Heise The author endeavors in this book of poetry to demonstrate an alertness to the divine glorious moments in time that often pass by underappreciated. She encourages all readers to be on the lookout for a trail of lights that leads back...

read more
Light of Faith: Poems and Plays

Light of Faith: Poems and Plays

“It is so sweet to serve the good God in the dark night of trial; we have this life only in which to live by faith.” - St Thérèse of Lisieux.   “The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.” - J.R.R. Tolkien.Light of...

read more
Mark on the Line

Mark on the Line

Mark on the Line: ​On the sinking of the Marques, June 3, 1984 by Lawrence Hopperton Mark on the Line is centred on the grief author Larry Hopperton endured – endures – in the aftermath of the devastating 1984 loss of the sailing ship Marques, a vessel whose doomed...

read more
His Divine Presence

His Divine Presence

His Divine Presence by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. Poetry of praise for the grace that God freely provides at every moment of our lives. Paperback: $9.99 | Kindle: $9.99 TESTIMONIALS "A dancer took off her makeup and costume and asked, "What more is there to life?" A woman...

read more
Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton

Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton

Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton There is one story only. It’s woven out of personal experiences and memories, the worlds that we have actually known and loved. The poems in Such Common Stories connect to our individual stories, so that the experiences they...

read more
Pavement Prayers

Pavement Prayers

Pavement Prayers Kalia confessed to murder last night amid a hushed silence that lasted only a short while before he went into detailed account of the events that led to it . . . Thus begins one of the prayers in this book. This is a book of prayers that tell a story....

read more
Help Dante Help Italy

Help Dante Help Italy

Help Dante Help Italy A new translation by Daniel Fitzpatrick accompanied by the new sculptures of Timothy Schmalz Donate today!Canto 100 Revealed!The Inferno is now available in Paperback and Kindle! Click a link below to order your copy today! And, as you're...

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Why Can’t We Write as well as the Devil? Incensed Pieces on the Contradictory Expressions of our Faith by Ivan Arthur

Why Can’t We Write as well as the Devil? Incensed Pieces on the Contradictory Expressions of our Faith by Ivan Arthur

Why Can’t We Write as well as the Devil? Incensed Pieces on the Contradictory Expressions of our Faith

by Ivan Arthur

In Why Can’t We Write as Well as the Devil?, Ivan Arthur crafts a collection of “incensed pieces” that probe the contradictions of faith with wit, lyricism, and humility. Through poems, prayers, and reflections that wrestle with doubt, devotion, and divine irony, Arthur exposes the ache and beauty of belief. At once confessional and comic, his work transforms ordinary struggles into luminous encounters with grace and the mystery of God.

Paperback: $12.95 | Kindle: $9.99

TESTIMONIALS

“Ivan Arthur writes with the rare fire of faith tempered by wit. Why Can’t We Write as Well as the Devil? illumines the struggle to believe with a voice both wounded and redeemed—a truly inspired confession.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ivan Arthur is the author of eight previous books:

  1. The Fourteen Stations (Official book on Pope John Paul II’s visit to India)
  2. Saynt Lachmi
  3. Pavement Prayers
  4. A Village Dies. A novel about social change
  5. Once More Upon a Time. Biography
  6. Jossie. A biography
  7. Brands Under Fire
  8. The Chef Executive Officer

Arthur was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Communication Arts Guild, Mumbai, and is a three-times recipient of the WPP Atticus Award for original writing. He lives in Goa, India, with Ingrid, his wife.

OTHER CATHOLIC POETRY WORKS

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey

Glimpses of Light by Theresa Hickey Glimpses of Light gathers faith-filled poems and reflections that trace the quiet movements of grace in ordinary life—moments of healing, gratitude, struggle, and renewal. Drawing deeply on Scripture, prayer, and lived experience,...

read more
My Journey’s End by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, CSsR

My Journey’s End by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, CSsR

My Journey's End by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. This volume offers a contemplative collection of spiritual reflections and poetic meditations, tracing the human journey toward meaning, surrender, and hope. Written with simplicity and depth, these brief pieces invite readers...

read more
Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone

Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone

Rhymes of Repentance by Michael Sansone Michael Sansone, through this collection of his verse, invites readers into a poetic journey of faith, struggle, and grace. Through vivid reflections on sin, sorrow, forgiveness, and divine mercy, these heartfelt verses...

read more
A Dear Friend, Vol. II – Anger by Daniel Mahoney

A Dear Friend, Vol. II – Anger by Daniel Mahoney

But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead. - from "O Captain! My Captain!"by Walt WhitmanA Dear Friend, Volume 2: Anger by Daniel Mahoney with a foreword by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP This second volume...

read more
Hearing Voices by Barbara Ruth Saunders

Hearing Voices by Barbara Ruth Saunders

Hearing Voices by Barbara Ruth Saunders Barbara Ruth Saunders’ debut poetry collection, Hearing Voices, summons personal encounters with people and places, in memory and imagination. Paperback: $9.99 | Kindle: $9.99 REVIEW Patricia Vaccarino (February 10, 2025), "Book...

read more
A Time Will Come by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R.

A Time Will Come by Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R.

A Time Will Come by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. This collection of poems covers a wide variety of themes: light and darkness, life and death, faith and doubt, courage and fear, time and eternity, true self and false self—to name but a few. It is rooted in the Catholic faith...

read more
A Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney

A Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney

Exult O shores, and ring O bells!But I with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead. - from "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt WhitmanA Dear Friend, Volume 1: Denial by Daniel Mahoney This first volume of poems is the poetic expression of the...

read more
Cloud of Witnesses – 25th Anniversary Edition

Cloud of Witnesses – 25th Anniversary Edition

Published on the Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin MaryWomen of Grace with Johnette Benkovic (September 11 & 12, 2023) - When God Offers Us the Cross: Steps to Mining the Treasure, Part 1 and Part 2Cloud of Witnesses by Joni J. Seith This 25th...

read more
Yonder in the Sun: Poems

Yonder in the Sun: Poems

Yonder in the Sun by Daniel Fitzpatrick Yonder in the Sun serves as a poetic rendering of the soul’s encounter with the world. Through three cycles of verses wrought in a blend of traditional forms, the poems draw the reader into encounters with love and death, the...

read more
Flow Gently Days

Flow Gently Days

Flow Gently Days by Rachel Heise The author endeavors in this book of poetry to demonstrate an alertness to the divine glorious moments in time that often pass by underappreciated. She encourages all readers to be on the lookout for a trail of lights that leads back...

read more
Light of Faith: Poems and Plays

Light of Faith: Poems and Plays

“It is so sweet to serve the good God in the dark night of trial; we have this life only in which to live by faith.” - St Thérèse of Lisieux.   “The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.” - J.R.R. Tolkien.Light of...

read more
Mark on the Line

Mark on the Line

Mark on the Line: ​On the sinking of the Marques, June 3, 1984 by Lawrence Hopperton Mark on the Line is centred on the grief author Larry Hopperton endured – endures – in the aftermath of the devastating 1984 loss of the sailing ship Marques, a vessel whose doomed...

read more
His Divine Presence

His Divine Presence

His Divine Presence by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. Poetry of praise for the grace that God freely provides at every moment of our lives. Paperback: $9.99 | Kindle: $9.99 TESTIMONIALS "A dancer took off her makeup and costume and asked, "What more is there to life?" A woman...

read more
Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton

Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton

Such Common Stories by Lawrence Hopperton There is one story only. It’s woven out of personal experiences and memories, the worlds that we have actually known and loved. The poems in Such Common Stories connect to our individual stories, so that the experiences they...

read more
Pavement Prayers

Pavement Prayers

Pavement Prayers Kalia confessed to murder last night amid a hushed silence that lasted only a short while before he went into detailed account of the events that led to it . . . Thus begins one of the prayers in this book. This is a book of prayers that tell a story....

read more
Help Dante Help Italy

Help Dante Help Italy

Help Dante Help Italy A new translation by Daniel Fitzpatrick accompanied by the new sculptures of Timothy Schmalz Donate today!Canto 100 Revealed!The Inferno is now available in Paperback and Kindle! Click a link below to order your copy today! And, as you're...

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Time! Ladies and Gentlemen: A Few Thoughts on Last Things–In response to James Sale’s Trilogy: HellWard, StairWell, and DoorWay by Francis Etheredge

Time! Ladies and Gentlemen: A Few Thoughts on Last Things–In response to James Sale’s Trilogy: HellWard, StairWell, and DoorWay by Francis Etheredge

Time! Ladies and Gentlemen: A Few Thoughts on Last Things–In response to James Sale’s Trilogy: HellWard, StairWell, and DoorWay

by Francis Etheredge

Where to begin? Emerging as we do into consciousness, our life is yet a dialogue although, not thinking it through, we do not realise that our life is answered, as it were, by a word of the Lord. And so there are many events which, in their own diverse ways, indicate that there is another, “Other”, who is speaking to us. But, given a general Ignorance of Scripture, there is both an Ignorance of Christ, as St. Jerome said, but there is also another, almost equally significant, Self-Ignorance.

Taking a start, then, in the work of James Sale, this short book is about that journey into God which is simultaneously a journey into ourselves. Join the journey! Read, repent, and begin again: Repeat!

Paperback: $12.95 | Kindle $9.99

CONTENTS

Foreword by James Sale: “Touched by a Tear”: The Theological

Mirror; The Doorway of Glory; A Communion of Poets; The Judgment that is Mercy; The Wider Circle

Introduction: “Ignorance of Christ is Self-Ignorance”

Three kinds of Published Work

My Words Bled: Prose and Poem

Chapter One: “Read! Repent! And Rejoice”: A Reflection on

James Sale’s modernization of Dante’s Inferno: Introduction: Pope Francis and James Sale; Christ, Sale himself, and Dante; In Conclusion

Hell’s Hole: An Unbidden Mercy: Prose and Poem-Prayer

Chapter Two: Jesus said to Him: “Get Up, Pick Up Your Mat and

Walk” (John 5: 8): A Reflection on James Sale’s StairWell: Introduction: When Change is a Gift of God; Where to go from here? To go back in order to go forward!; The theme of his mother, from hell to purgatory; In Conclusion

“Oh Mother of the Stairs”: Prose and Poem-Prayer

Chapter Three: “DoorWay” to ‘The Lord of All’: A Reflection

on James Sale’s DoorWay: Introduction: Why the theme of the ‘butterfly’?; Part I: Retracing my steps: HellWard and StairWell; Part II: A Theological Reflection and a Poet’s Intuition; Part III: The Poignancy of the Butterfly; In Conclusion

“Indelible”: Prose and Poem-Prayer

Conclusion: His Judgement is Mercy

Reviews

Review by James Sale on Goodreads (January 6, 2026). Click here for the review. 

Testimonials

“Francis Etheredge illumines the dialogue among art, faith, and reason. His reflections on the poetry of James Sale draw readers into a contemplative journey where poetry becomes prayer, and human longing discovers fulfillment in the redemptive love of Christ.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mr. Francis Etheredge is married with eight children, plus three in heaven.

Francis is currently a freelance writer and speaker and his “Posts” on LinkedIn can be viewed here. Poetry; short articles; autobiographical blog; excerpts from books; and “Philosophize: A Ten Minute Write.”

For a list of all of Francis’ books published by En Route Books and Media, click here.

See Francis’ other books, too, entitled Scripture: A Unique WordFrom Truth and truth: Volume I-Faithful ReasonFrom Truth and truth: Volume II: Faith and Reason in DialogueFrom Truth and truth: Volume III: Faith is Married Reason.

He has earned a BA Div (Hons), MA in Catholic Theology, PGC in Biblical Studies, PGC in Higher Education, and an MA in Marriage and Family (Distinction).

Enjoy these additional articles by Francis Etheredge:

About James Sale


James Sale is a British poet, author, and founder of Motivational Maps Ltd, whose work unites business insight, psychology, and spiritual reflection. His acclaimed poetic trilogy — HellWardStairWell, and DoorWay — collectively titled The English Cantos, reimagines Dante’s Divine Comedy for the modern age, tracing the soul’s journey from darkness through repentance to divine encounter. James was runner-up in The Capricorn International Poetry Competition 1997, won First Prize in the Society of Classical Poets’ annual 2017 poetry competition, was nominated by The Hong Kong Review for the 2022 Pushcart Prize for poetry.

 In addition to his poetry, James is a regular contributor to The Epoch Times in New York, where his articles explore culture, literature, and faith with moral clarity and classical depth. Living on the south coast of England, James continues to write, teach, and speak on creativity, motivation, and the enduring power of truth and beauty.

 

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TESTIMONIALS

 

“TBA” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

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