21st
May 2013
Fr. Vincent McNabb, O.P., S.T.M., from the Catholic Land Movement: it's motives. C.T.S.: London, 1932. Out of Egypt have I called my son (Mt 2:15, Jer 3:15). Let us then set down in order some of the main motives that have led these Catholics to see in obedience to the Holy Father in this particular matter not only a generally right and desirable thing for Christendom to do... FIRST AND PRINCIPAL MOTIVE: TO WORSHIP GOD Like the chosen people they are minded to ... (Continue reading)
G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy Men of science offer us health, an obvious benefit; it is only afterwards that we discover that by health, they mean bodily slavery and spiritual tedium. Orthodoxy makes us jump by the sudden brink of hell; it is only afterwards that we realize that jumping was an athletic exercise highly beneficial to our health. It is only afterwards that we realize that this danger is the root of all drama and romance. The strongest argument for the divine grace is simply its ... (Continue reading)
Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologica Question 168, Article 4. Whether there is a sin in lack of mirth? I answer that, In human affairs whatever is against reason is a sin. Now it is against reason for a man to be burdensome to others, by offering no pleasure to others, and by hindering their enjoyment. Wherefore Seneca (Martin of Braga, Formula Vitae Honestae: cap. De Continentia) says (De Quat. Virt., cap. De Continentia): “Let your conduct be guided by wisdom so that no one will think ... (Continue reading)
Hilaire Belloc, The Cruise of the 'Nona.’ 1925 On the whole, of the cads and gentlemen I have met, I could give the cads a shade of odds in the matter of salvation; which is not without its importance either. *** I learnt from a stoker two songs: one called The Corn Beef Can, and the other called The Tom Cat. They are of the great songs of this world. A man should learn all the songs he can. Songs are a possession, and ... (Continue reading)
Maurice Baring, Lost Lectures of the Fruits of Experience. Peter Davies Ltd, London: 1932. Chapter 12: Music. But the most remarkable musical experiences of my life happened by accident; one was pagan and the other was Christian. The first happened in Russia, and I have described it in other books, in detail, and I will not repeat the detail here; but it was a glimpse I had on an August evening in Central Russia of a procession of women who had come back from ... (Continue reading)
Camouflage S. M. George Massey, C.M.S.C. from B.M.A. “Blitz,” Vol. 1, No. 3 Brockville, ON: July 1942. They tell us tales of camouflage, The art of hiding things; Of painted forts and bowered guns Invisible to wings. Well, it is nothing new to us, To us, the rank and file; We understand this camouflage— We left home with a smile. We saw the painted battleships And earthen colored trains, And planes the hue of leaden skies And canvas-hidden lanes. Well, we used the magic art The day of anxious fears; We understand this ... (Continue reading)
Shown here about to enter Campobasso’s Holy Rosary Church are Roman Catholic personnel of three Canadian infantry units. Fresh from the Italian front, where they had been relieved by soldiers of other units, they celebrated Mass conducted by Capt. A. J. Barker of Saskatoon. Pipe Band of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, shown in the foreground, piped the men to church while applauding and cheering Italians lined the route. Frank Sheed, from The Church and I Doubleday and Company, Inc. Garden City, New York: 1974. Cardinal Hinsley never tried to rid himself of his Yorkshire burr. We ... (Continue reading)
Address (in part) given by Brigadier G. P. Vanier, D.S.O., M.C. at graduation class exercises, O.T.C., Brockville. First comes faith. Faith in God and in His power to help, faith in the righteousness of our cause, faith in ourselves and in ultimate victory. The faith which moves mountains can work other miracles, and thus upset the natural order of things. “More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” Do not misunderstand me. I do not advocate as a means to victory ... (Continue reading)
“Mother of God,” the wanderer said, “I am but a common king, Nor will I ask what saints may ask, To see a secret thing.” *** “When our last bow is broken, Queen, And our last javelin cast, Under some sad, green evening sky, Holding a ruined cross on high, Under warm westland grass to lie, Shall we come home at last?” And a voice came human but high up, Like a cottage climbed among The clouds; or a serf of hut and croft That sits by his hovel fire as oft, But hears on ... (Continue reading)
The Year of Faith has encouraged a broad acceptance of new types of evangelization. These include the utilization of various new media and technologies to facilitate communication. Specifically, the expanded diffusion of the faith in the world is encouraged via a plethora of new communication tools. It is precisely the broad universal dimension of these media that allow for a greater dissemination of teachings of the Church to the world. This is mindful of the words of ... (Continue reading)
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Fr. Vincent McNabb, O.P., S.T.M., from the Catholic Land Movement: it's motives. C.T.S.: London, 1932. Out of ...
G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy Men of science offer us health, an obvious benefit; it is only afterwards ...
Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologica Question 168, Article 4. Whether there is a sin in lack of mirth? I answer ...
Hilaire Belloc, The Cruise of the 'Nona.’ 1925 On the whole, of the cads and gentlemen I have ...
Maurice Baring, Lost Lectures of the Fruits of Experience. Peter Davies Ltd, London: 1932. Chapter 12: Music. But ...
Camouflage S. M. George Massey, C.M.S.C. from B.M.A. “Blitz,” Vol. 1, No. 3 Brockville, ON: July 1942....
Shown here about to enter Campobasso’s Holy Rosary Church are Roman Catholic personnel of ...
Address (in part) given by Brigadier G. P. Vanier, D.S.O., M.C. at graduation class exercises, O.T.C., ...
“Mother of God,” the wanderer said, “I am but a common king, Nor will I ask what ...
The Year of Faith has encouraged a broad acceptance of new types ...
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Whenever the census in Canada rolls round, I suspect that I am one of the ...