Is There Still Valour?
St. Margaret of Scotland What is the main premise of Christianity that Modernism attacks? James V. Schall, S. J., lays it bare in all its simplicity in this excellent essay, “Hope Beyond Thy Sight,”...
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And Paul VI Wept
The Death of the Pentecost Octave or Welcome to Ordinary Time: According to “Fr.” Zuhlsdorf, Paul VI was surprised to see green vestments on Pentecost Monday in 1970. Kind of hard to believe, but...
O Lord, Give Us Faith
St. Norbert In this Imaginative Conservative piece, an American socialite remembers the 50th anniversary of D-Day, marked while she was in Normandy for a lavish wedding reception among decadent nobility. She wonders whether...
Appreciate the Sublime
St. Boniface This short Nobility piece makes clear that we cannot expect a great civilization as long as we laud the ugly: “To the degree that members of social units appreciate the sublime together,...
Be Vigilant
St. Francis Caracciolo When is making a carbine your first line of home defense the right choice? Jim Grant of Guns.com explains, via Lew Rockwell. Compassion training for the self-absorbed: The Atlantic reports...
The Aspirations of Mankind
The industrialization of whiskey. Jeffrey Polet tours and tastes Scottish whiskey and learns to appreciate the cooper, in this wistful piece for Front Porch Republic. Comprehensive but still entry-level: According to Mother Earth News,...
Of Myths Swallowed Hook, Line, and Sinker
St. Marcellinus and Companions The condensed but still harrowing story of how the true faith was wrested from the hearts and minds of the English people is compellingly told in this Telegraph blog post...
All Francis Friday
St. Joan of Arc According to this still-developing Novus Ordo Watch report, Francis may be organizing a third Council of Nicea to take place in 2025. Who exactly is Sister Fernanda Barbiero? Rorate has...
From Barrenness to Fecundity
Ascension Thursday “The Bees Needs”: a fascinating report on the intricate manner in which pollinators and plant species work together to ensure fecundity, via Resilience. Despite the agonizing march of entropy, the exhaustion, and...
About War: Much Sobering Truth
St. Augustine of Canterbury “Our ‘leaders,’ seem now dedicated to a megalomaniacal lust for domination,” says Clyde Wilson in this excellent Chronicles essay on the discouraging history of the US war habit. Tradition in...
