Saint Thomas’ Profundity: A Poem
(On this memorial of Blessed Duns Scotus, here is a poem on his near-contemporary, Saint Thomas, by high school senior, Brendan Brunet. If Mr....
Ant-Man vs. Daredevil
(As a bit of light-hearted reading before the issuance of the Holy Father’s Apostolic Letter later today, here are some thoughts on two superheroes,...
Bare Knuckles Apologetics: Richard Dawkins Revisited
The British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is possibly the most ubiquitous atheist on the planet. He has dedicated himself to countless books, lectures, and...
A Reflection on the Exorcist: Believer
The latest exorcist movie, Exorcist: The Believer (henceforward “The Believer”), hit theaters on Friday, October 6, 2023, close to the 50th anniversary of the...
Is Superman still a Christian hero?
What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society intended?
What if a child aspired to something greater?
(Jor-El, Man of Steel)
In June 1938,...
Keeping the Christmas Caroling: In Dulce Iubilo, the Wexford, and A Rose in Winter.
With the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God today - or, in the usus antiquior, the Circumcision of Our Lord - the Octave of...
Eliot’s Ash Wednesday
T.S. Eliot published his poem Ash Wednesday in 1930, after he had composed during his conversion to Anglicanism (in 1927). The theme is, fittingly,...
Virgina Woolf’s ‘To the Lighthouse’: Isolation and Intimacy
Human relationships are sorely limited. We all long for companionship and lasting union with another. However, regardless of place or time, one's ability to...
What Paganism Was Really Like
I serendipitously came across this article by Algis Valiunas - always worth reading - which describes what paganism was really like. Not the idealized...
Echoes of Ronald Knox and C.S. Lewis
Some years ago I wrote rather a long winded play, Shaw vs Chesterton, an imaginary debate between two great friends, G.K. Chesterton and Bernard...
