Those who believe and their hearts become calm and contented with the remembrance of Allah…know that it is the remembrance of Allah alone that brings rest to the hearts.(The Qur’an-surah ar-R’ad;28)

I stopped in St. Bernadette’s Cemetery one of my favorite places… The trunks of six giant oaks rise like columns supporting a ceiling formed by their interlocking crowns. In the quiet space below, is laid...

If I should die,” said I to myself, “I have left no immortal work behind me – nothing to make my friends proud of my memory – but I have lov’d the principle of beauty...