(Brought to mind by the movie of the same name) Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art— Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores, Or gazing on… Continue reading Bright Star
Please, Lord, PLEASE
The Catholic Archbishop of Moscow has given a remarkably upbeat assessment of relations with the Orthodox Church, saying unity between Catholics and Orthodox could be achieved “within a few months.” In an interview today in Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper, Archbishop Paolo Pezzi said the miracle of reunification “is possible, indeed it has never been… Continue reading Please, Lord, PLEASE
Very Sweet
column by Danielle Bean at Inside Catholic
“…The beste teenage sparklie vampyre love storye ich haue evir reade.”
Geoffrey Chaucer cracketh me uppe: Ich wente up to bedde and sadlie closid my eyes, while Philippa burned our beste candles readinge of teenage sparklie vampyres. She was already on to the next oon, Compline…. In this fyne book of sparklie vampyres, Bella Cygne moveth from Essex to Yorkshyre to lyve with her fathir, who… Continue reading “…The beste teenage sparklie vampyre love storye ich haue evir reade.”
I Tried to Come Up With Some Thoughts
on this article, but I am drawing a blank. The only thought that comes to mind is how backwards we are as a culture. Just throw the concept of race out already. Done. Finish. As long as you have race, race is going to be an issue.
Blessed Thomas Tsugi, martyr
Let all the nations praise You: Thomas Tsugi was born around the year 1571 in Japan, to a wealthy family of Japanese nobility. Educated by the priests of the Society of Jesus at Arima, he joined the order while quite young, around 1588. As a Jesuit, Thomas traveled Japan and became very popular as an… Continue reading Blessed Thomas Tsugi, martyr
Et in Acedia Cado
The Noonday Demon: The beginning of the attack of acedia comes as an invitation to divert one’s attention from the prayer, work, or charity at hand and to pay attention to something else, which might be entirely innocent or even useful in itself. This is what Evagrius is talking about when he says that acedia… Continue reading Et in Acedia Cado
“Give Up Yer Aul Sins”
This is too cute: Little Irish children telling Bible Stories. HT Mary’s Aggies via Mark Shea