“I don’t deny,” he said, “that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet.” ~G.K. Chesterton, from Manalive Several years ago, I, with my Sacramental Spouse,…
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March for Life 2020
Today, in the United States, thousands of Americans are attending the March for Life to protest legalized abortion. Hopefully, we are waking up from the upheaval that turned the world upside down in the sixties and seventies; where a cultural revolution cloaked blood industries in catch-phrases such as “choice” and “women’s rights” to hide their real intent: to make money off…
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Beauty and Motherhood
“With the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. If I have succeeded in some small way, if only in one small corner of the world, amongst the men and women I love, then I shall count myself blessed, and blessed, and blessed, and the work goes on.” ~William Morris, The Well…
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Christmas in Culture
The holy night of Christmas has passed, but we remain in the liturgical season of Christmas, surrounded by the mysteries of the manger where Jesus Christ was born. These mysteries have been lauded in poem and song through the years; and for today, I am posting two examples of such. The first is the poem titled Noel by the Catholic writer,…
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For Advent
For Advent by Christina Rossetti Sweet sweet sound of distant waters, falling On a parched and thirsty plain; Sweet sweet song of soaring skylark, calling On the sun to shine again; Perfume of the rose, only the fresher For past fertilizing rain; Pearls amid the sea, a hidden treasure For some daring hand to gain; – Better, dearer than all…
