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  • The Mirth of God Redux

    A post in The Marian Room from January 18th, 2018 covered G.K. Chesterton‘s notion of the “youthfulness of God” as evidenced in creation. G.K. Chesterton also spoke of another aspect of God which is often overlooked: the idea of “God’s mirth.” This topic was broached this morning between myself and a friend, and I recalled the notion of God’s mirth…

  • Home at Christmas

    “Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not merely a summer sun of the prosperous but a winter fire for the unfortunate.”  ~G.K. Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936) It is moving closer to the Nativity of Our Lord, the 25th day of December.…

  • Video Profile: Catholic Priest

    “…the view that priests darken and embitter the world. I look at the world and simply discover that they don’t. Those countries in Europe which are still influenced by priests, are exactly the countries where there is still singing and dancing and coloured dresses and art in the open-air. Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the…