Horses and Great Silence
“They are difficult horses for mortal men to manage…” Great Books and Horses by Glenn Arbery from The Imaginative Conservative points out how one cannot fully appreciate many of the classics unless one has...
“They are difficult horses for mortal men to manage…” Great Books and Horses by Glenn Arbery from The Imaginative Conservative points out how one cannot fully appreciate many of the classics unless one has...
Liturgia Latina’s post Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary presents the act composed by Pope Pius XII for the consecration of the entire world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in...
There is a world of difference between knowing about a thing and doing a thing, and there is no area in which this is more apparent than in the spiritual life. Sam Guzman on...
Today, we have The Thinking Housewife expounding upon what it means to “become as little children” in the post The Secret of Existence. Not only are simplicity and littleness required, but also, and perhaps...
Personal identity is not a matter of preference or selection. In his article Personal Identity is Not Chosen at Crisis Magazine, James Kalb gives a thorough explanation of what personal identity is, the ways...
It is so very easy to become distracted by this world. But we are called to be in the world, not of the world… and yet, politics, sports, social media, and technology have become...
In King Lear’s Last Speech on Dappled Things the author, Michael Rennier, places some lines of Father Robert Southwell side by side with the poignant speech of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Considered together, the works...
Crisis Magazine’s Fanatical Ideas and Reasonable Convictions by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian will leave you with the conviction that we live in a world rife with fanatics. “In this narrow pursuit of one ruling idea,...
In today’s constantly connected, overly informed world of smartphones, touchscreens, and WIFI, silence can be extraordinarily elusive. What’s more, many find it uncomfortable or even anxiety provoking. But without silence there can be neither...
Erasmus on More from Supremacy and Survival provides a personal description of St. Thomas More, both of his character and appearance, from one who knew him well. “In a word, if you want a...