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...
Cobra Kai: A Nostalgic Adventure
Cobra Kai is the latest addition to the epic Karate Kid saga. It takes place 34 years (!!) after the 1984 All Valley Karate...
Palestrina’s Sicut Cervus
There are few - some may argue none - who can match Palestrina's composition, and his ars perfecta, in full form here with his motet...
Hilary Mantel’s Reformation Revisionism
Hilary Mantel, English novelist died last week at the age of 70. Her fame - or infamy, depending on one's perspective - rests largely...
Veni Creator Spiritus
A blessed, joyous and grace-filled solemnity of Pentecost to all our readers, the feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit, the public manifestation...
Not All Prophets Wear Tin Foil: A Critical Review of QAnon, Chaos, and the...
In an age of spiritual confusion, eroding trust, and institutional abdication, QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross, edited by Michael W. Austin and Gregory L....
On the Beach, With Benedict and Hope
Pope Benedict XVI, in his second encyclical, the 2008 Spe Salvi (Salvific Hope) offers a distinction from the Letter to the Hebrews: We as...
Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor – On Guitar
I wouldn't have thought it could be done, but for our musical selection this Sunday - after a respite from these - here is...
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....
Rabanus Maurus and the Veni Creator
February 4th is the traditional memorial of the the erudite Frankish monk, Rabanus Maurus (+856), one of the most learned men of his age,...
