Monday, January 26, 2026

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world (J.R.R. Tolkien)

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief,...

There is an inertia in our nature that makes us dull; and in our attempt to penetrate your truth we are held within the bounds of ignorance by the weakness of our minds. Yet...

Cardinal Zen’s Letter from the Heart to the College of Cardinals

(The following is excerpted from LifeSite news, and the full piece may be found here. For another take on the troubling situation in China, peruse also Douglas Farrow's recent thoughts). LETTER FROM CARDINAL ZEN TO...

Christ is bathed in light; let us also be bathed in light. Christ is baptized; let us also go down with him, and rise with him. (Saint Gregory Nazianzen, +390)

The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite...

Go humbly, humble are the skies, And low and large and fierce the Star; So very near the Manger lies, That we may travel far. Hark! Laughter like a lion wakes, To roar to...

Intending Death and Drinking Deep

January 7th  was the fifth anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, when the offices of the satirical magazine – which made fun of Catholicism as well as Islam – were stormed by...

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