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4 days ago · John Henry grew up in a world that did not let children stay children for long. One day, he was sitting on his father’s knee. The boy picked up a small piece of steel and a workman’s tool, a hammer. He looked at the two objects, then said, “A hammer will be the death of me.”.
4 days ago · The legends that contributed most to medieval iconography are mainly derived from the apocryphal Acts of John. These Acts are also the source of the notion that John became a disciple as a very young man.
- Henry Chadwick
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5 days ago · Wendy, John, and Michael Darling lived in London. One night, Wendy woke to find a strange boy sitting on the floor who was crying. "My name is Wendy," she said. "Who are you? Why are you crying? "I'm Peter Pan," the boy replied. "I'm crying because my shadow won't stick to me." "Don't cry," Wendy said. "We can fix that."
4 days ago · The legacy of St. John Henry Newman figured strongly in Tolkien’s life. Mabel received her instruction in the faith at St. Anne’s, a parish near Birmingham founded by Newman. After her conversion to Catholicism, she and her sons attended Mass and received their Catholic formation at the Birmingham Oratory.
1 day ago · 13th-century depiction of Henry II and his legitimate children, left to right: William, Henry, Richard, Matilda, Geoffrey, Eleanor, Joan and John. Henry the Young King fought a short war with his brother Richard in 1183 over the status of England, Normandy and Aquitaine.
2 days ago · In the story, Jesus tells the disciples about a grain of wheat. He tells them that that grain of wheat can't do what it is supposed to do -- which is grow into a plant -- unless it stops being a grain of wheat. Jesus says that it’s like the grain of wheat died.