Our Lady of Walsingham
(1) Her Immaculate Majesty: The Queen of England (The Imaginative Conservative) “A moment,” she said, “and the dead shall revive; The giants are failing, the Saints are alive; I am Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Religion
The greatest saint ever to have lived…
(1) The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Westminster Cathedral) The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of three liturgical feasts in which we celebrate a birth: Christmas, Continue Reading →
Weekend 562.0
(1) A Role Model for Bishops (The Catholic Thing) “Although our situation is still much better than that of Christians in Syria, Iraq, and many other parts of the world, Continue Reading →
Weekend 560.2 (pro Ecclesia contra mundum)
Excerpt from “Benedict XVI and the Call to Holiness” by Joseph Pearce The spirit of worldliness within the Church, which is made manifest in modernism, can only be countered by Continue Reading →
Weekend 557.1
“Let us not hesitate to give pride of place to silent daily prayer in the solitude of our room. In a perfect symbiosis with the cloisters of monasteries, it is Continue Reading →
Orval Abbey in Belgium
Stained glass windows in the chapel of the bishops, executed by Boquet, after the cartoons of Miss Margot Weemaes, who, for the same oratory, also made two frescoes. Discreetly historiated Continue Reading →
Feast of the Epiphany
(1) Examining the Adoration of the Magi (The Met)(2) Why Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh Matter (The Imaginative Conservative) (3) Look at the Revival: A poem by Theresa Lola (The National Continue Reading →
2022: Year-in-review
A couple of paragraphs to close out 2022. This is the year I said goodbye to London and put an exclamation point on Kingdom Hearts. I spent a night in Continue Reading →
Pope Benedict XVI (1927 – 2022)
VENERATION OF THE HOLY SHROUD, MEDITATION OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI, Fifth Sunday of Easter, 2 May 2010 (Vatican) Effectively, the Shroud was immersed in that profound darkness that was Continue Reading →
A Real Indiana Jones Quest
This post is dedicated to my Mom. What if I told you there was a priceless ancient work of art and relic that’s still in existence and just lost? It Continue Reading →