My husband and I were walking along a garden path on Easter Sunday when he noticed shoots of peonies which were bursting from the earth. Since he knows I love peonies, he pointed them out, and I thought: Easter cannot get much better than this, knowing that peonies would soon bloom. Yes, it is that time of year, the land…
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Belloc on Easter Monday
It is Easter Monday, and we remain in Easter, so a bit of Hilaire Belloc (b. 1870- d. 1953) might be in order; hence, here follows two small celebratory poems by Hilaire Belloc: Sonnet Upon God, The Wine Giver Thought Man made wine, I think God made it, too; God making all things, made Man made good wine. He taught…
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Rebuilding Notre-Dame
This week, we witnessed the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the most recognizable, and beloved, Roman Catholic cathedrals in the world. There is now talk of its restoration; which is all lovely and quite good, as long as it is remembered what Notre-Dame is: it is a Roman Catholic church. It is not an inter-denominational history museum. It…
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Mary and the Convert
The following is an essay from the Catholic convert Gilbert Keith Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936) which is titled, Mary and the Convert. In this essay, Chesterton details his childhood interest in the Blessed Virgin Mary despite the Protestant- based Marian antipathies which surrounded him. He, then, details his full turning to the Blessed Virgin Mary in adulthood as he…
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Motherhood: The Greatest Joy in Life
By Christen Marian Good morning dear readers. Despite the chaos that arises from post-daylight savings time in a family of four household, our cottage is getting back into its normal routine. I sit in the early morning with an ice-cold glass of water, scandalously not coffee, under a warm blanket with only my thoughts to keep me busy. My delightfully…
