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...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
It may be remembered that Miss Dunham noted how Gilbert used to make a mysterious sign in the air as he lit his cigar....
Generally Speaking
On American morals
As I also have the habit, and have never been able to imagine how it could be connected with morality or immorality,...
Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses
The Three Rulers
I saw a Ruler take his stand
And trample on a mighty land;
The People crouched before his beck,
His iron heel was on their...
The Catholic Land Movement
Fr. Vincent McNabb, O.P., S.T.M., from the Catholic Land Movement: it's motives.
C.T.S.: London, 1932.
Out of Egypt have I called my son (Mt 2:15, Jer...
Orthodoxy
G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Men of science offer us health, an obvious benefit; it is only afterwards that we discover that by health, they mean bodily...
Lost Lectures of the Fruits of Experience
Maurice Baring, Lost Lectures of the Fruits of Experience.
Peter Davies Ltd, London: 1932. Chapter 12: Music.
But the most remarkable musical experiences of my life happened...
Canadians in arms
Address (in part) given by Brigadier G. P. Vanier, D.S.O., M.C. at graduation class exercises, O.T.C., Brockville.
First comes faith. Faith in God and in His...
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.”
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“When our last...
Canadians in arms pt 2
Shown here about to enter Campobasso’s Holy Rosary Church are Roman Catholic personnel of three Canadian infantry units. Fresh from the Italian front, where they had been relieved by soldiers of...