Summa, Question 168: mirth.
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...
Dear, Old South Side Hill
The fondest thoughts of childhood’s day twine ’round thee, dear old hill,
And as I gaze, thy bare, bleak braes with love my bosom thrill;
For...
Lost Lectures or The Fruits of Experience
Maurice Baring, Lost Lectures of the Fruits of Experience.
Peter Davies Ltd, London: 1932. From: High-Brows and Low-Brows
Over and over again it has been my fortune...
The Path to Rome
From the preface to The Path to Rome, 1902
I said, “I will start from the place where I served in arms for my sins;...
The Ballad of the White Horse
“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...
Introduction to the Devout Life
31. Pastimes and recreations. To get out into the open air, be entertained by happy, friendly conversation, play the lute or some other musical...
My beads
Born either in 1834 in Limerick, Ireland or Norfolk, Virginia, Fr. Ryan was described by a contemporary as having “an open, manly character.” He...
Canadians in arms pt 3
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...
The Vicar of Christ
FROM: THOMAS WILLIAM M. MARSHALL, “The Vicar of Christ”
Protestant Journalism, No. XLVIII
London: Burns and Oates, 1874
And when they cannot entice men openly to rebel against...
Padre’s corner
Padre's corner
“These is so much bad in the best of us, And so much good in the worst of us, That it hardly behooves any...
