Saturday, December 13, 2025

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The Indianapolis and the Jaws of Death

In the early morning hours of July 30th, 1945 – fifteen minutes after midnight, to be precise - in the last days of the World War, an American aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Indianapolis, was...

Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world (Saint Martha, Jn 11:27)

This and That

Hilaire Belloc was born on this day, July 27th, 1870, 150 years ago, making this his sesquicentennial birthday, which we hope is a bit more joyful for the reader than Canada's own damp squib...

The Church is a perpetually defeated thing that always outlives her conquerors (Hilaire Belloc, who was born on this day 150 years ago)

The source of justice is not vengeance but charity. (Saint Bridget of Sweden, +1373)

Burning with the fire of love, she longed for him who she thought had been taken away. And so it happened that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ was the only one...

For the word of God is light to the mind and fire to the will, enabling man to know and to love God. To the interior man who lives by grace for the Spirit...

O Sing Unto the Lord

An anthem by G.F. Handel, composed 1717-18, whose beginning strains echo those of the Messiah, but quickly gains its own flavour and personality - listen, and enjoy the richness of the baroque: https://youtu.be/YMgm6Jcoisc

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