They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Response: We will remember … Continue reading
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Copperfield and Heep
A Character Study (Spoiler Alert: This piece contains some major character/plot giveaways from the book, David Copperfield. I definitely recommend reading that novel before this essay on it.) As a teacher I appreciate the difference between merely giving a student … Continue reading
The Fifth of the Four Last Things
There is an old line about how five out of four people do not understand fractions. That lack of perception might also pertain even to some who believe in what the Church deems “The Four Last Things” — death, (particular) … Continue reading
Still Tory After All These Years
Confinement hail! in Honour’s justest Cause True to our King, our Country and Our Laws Oposing Anarchy, Sedition, Strife And every other Bane of Social Life These Colonies of British freedom tired Are by the Phrensy of distraction fired Surrounding … Continue reading
For the Love of Our Blessed Mother
Part Four of the “Motives of Christian Forgiveness” Series In our reflections on the all-important question of why we ought to forgive those who have injured us, we think next of our Blessed Mother. Mary is also the Mother of … Continue reading
These Dark Satanic Mills
And did the Countenance Divine, Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills? —William Blake, “Jerusalem.” MY recent return to New England for the St. Benedict Center annual conference as well as … Continue reading
Conforming Our Minds to Reality
Part Two of the “Children — Blessings or Burdens?” Series In part one of this series I wrote about a common misunderstanding concerning children — namely that they are a blessing (or a good thing) only insofar as they are … Continue reading
Alberta Travelogue: Fortis et Liber
In token of the love which thou hast shown For this wide land of freedom, I have named A province vast, and for its beauty famed, By thy dear name to be hereafter known. Alberta shall it be! Her fountains … Continue reading
The True Story of How We Got the Bible
Many people — Catholics included — tend to think of the Bible existing in its own realm, as if it did not arise from specific people at specific times and specific places. As silly as the image appears, the implicit … Continue reading
What We’ve Been Told
Part One of the “Children — Blessings or Burdens?” Series The unspoken message effectively communicated by birth control, abortion, and even other more “polite” methods of child prevention is that not every life is a good thing. We are given … Continue reading
Expanding on the Church’s Artistic Heritage
Pennsylvania’s Eric Armusik Works with FSSP to Restore the Catholic Faith There has been a liturgical Renaissance within the Church over the past two decades. This includes, not only greater access to traditional sacramental rites, but to other things that … Continue reading
Everything Hangs on These
What does it mean when Jesus says, concerning the two commandments of love of God and love of neighbor: “On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets” (Matt. 22:40)? I propose that Jesus was not using hyperbole … Continue reading
Expanding the Liturgical Horizons of the Clothes-Minded
Cheerfully Covering Catholic Clerical Clothing ‘Knot Sew’ Good at Liturgical Matters While there are relatively few Catholics who could name a single book on the liturgy, there are even fewer who could name one on liturgical vestments in particular. Lack … Continue reading
To the Canadian West
This Summer, I made my second trip to the Province of Alberta. Now, to be honest, I am a bicoastal creature. I was born in New York City, and spent my earliest years there and its immediate environs, although my … Continue reading
For the Love of God the Holy Ghost
Part Three of the “Motives of Christian Forgiveness” Series The Holy Ghost also has a great claim on our love for is He not continuously loving us? Indeed He is. And He does so personally, individually, and in the manner … Continue reading
