Weekend 627.0 (Grief at the Frontier)
“The artist is continually going round in egocentric circles. He has consciously severed himself from the past, whose heritage means nothing to him.” — J.B. Lotz This is my sabbatical Continue Reading →
Weekend 626.0
Here we are.
Weekend 625.0
Just back from Portland and catching up. TO-DAY is the last Sunday of Ordinary Time and the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. (1) The Church Continue Reading →
2024 Retreat at St. Joseph’s Abbey
“Settings became ‘silent characters.’” — Ruth D. Nelson “Man’s being reaches out beyond what is seen, towards the unseen: he comes from God and makes his way towards God, at Continue Reading →
Weekend 624.0
We hope that it will be unlike anything else on this earth: a fair, amusement park, an exhibition, a city from the Arabian Nights, a metropolis of the future; in Continue Reading →
Weekend 623.0
“…clad in a mantle of silver and blue, fair as the twilight in Elven-home; her dark hair strayed in a sudden wind, and hew brows were bound with gems like Continue Reading →
Weekend 622.0 (fragments that can shore up one’s ruins…)
The powers of evil have, theologically, two characteristics. First, they are really evil: evil is not merely in the mind as some philosophers have suggested, but is a force which Continue Reading →
Weekend 621.1
We need it so we don’t forget that there are things in this world not carved out of gray stone. That there’s a small place inside of us they can Continue Reading →
Weekend 621.0
“I think I know exactly what you mean by the order of Grace; and of course, by your references to Our Lady, upon which all my own small perception of Continue Reading →
Weekend 620.1
Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten, your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh Continue Reading →