Saturday, December 13, 2025

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Wisdom in Tough Times From Thomas More

1. When you feel like quitting “You must not abandon the ship in a storm because you cannot control the winds… What you cannot turn to good, you must at least make as little bad...

It is better to be the child of God than king of the whole world (Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, +1591)

Rheinberger’s Abendlied

Josef Rheinberger (+ 1901), a native of tiny Liechtenstein, but resident of Germany for most of his life, was a prolific fin de siècle composer, known mostly for his complex, beautiful concerti for organ,...

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfilment (Hilaire Belloc)

Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they will differ enormously in what evils they will call excusable (G.K. Chesterton)

Rehabilitating Nero?

I’m not surprised the day has arrived, that historians are now rehabilitating - so to speak - the reputation of the diabolical monstrosities of Emperor Nero, with a fawning display at the British Museum: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/how-nasty-was-nero-really How...

My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God (Our Lady of Fatima to Sister Lucia)

To keep me from sin and straying from Him, God has used devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. My life vows destined to be spent in the light irradiating...

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