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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are. (Saint Augustine of Canterbury, +604)
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A Little Mozart and Bach to Lift Your Spirits
At the suggestion of a reader, here is Mozart's Laudate Dominum, a version of the briefest of the Psalms, 117/118, from his 1780 'Vespers for a Confessor', that is, a saint who struggled mightily...
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Benedict, John Paul II and Freedom
Pope Emeritus Benedict wrote a brief reflection on the hundredth anniversary of Pope John Paul II's birth, which is well worth a read, as a reflection of a friend, upon a beloved friend. In...
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If history records good things about good people, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good; or if it records the evil of wicked people, the godly listener or reader is encouraged...
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Dealing Babies, Courting Death
As Thomas More and Pope John Paul II both say, all suffering is a form of punishment, but one that is - and should be - medicinal and rehabilitative. God sends us calamities, disease,...
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Abiding, therefore, ourselves in him, when his words abide in us we shall ask what we will, and it shall be done unto us (Saint Augustine)
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Cardinal Sarah Says it Like it Is
Here is the conclusion of some remarks Robert Cardinal Sarah recently made, in light of the Church and society's response to the pandemic, words which we should all take to heart, not least as...
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The Glorious Siege of Malta
Today marks the anniversary in 1565 of the glorious resistance of the Christians to the siege of Malta by the overwhelming invading Ottoman Turks. For anyone seeking a taste of what the 'Crusades' were...
