Portrait of a Noble Jesuit (Nov 18, 2024 18:05)
Fr. Joseph Fessio I have always had a soft spot for the Society of Jesus, even though m...
A Reading of the Gettysburg Address (Nov 18, 2024 18:00)
Liberal education ought to be less a matter of becoming well-read than a matter of lear...
Next-worldly, but not world-renouncing - not ascetic but loving (Christian life) (Nov 18, 2024 18:00)
Invasions of Europe (Nov 18, 2024 11:32)
Why do they hate us? Contrary to the popular narrative, colonialism began after invasio...
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be - Past Times 1986-2012 (or, The ebbing of the Intellectual Soul) (Nov 18, 2024 09:27)
A Different Kind of Presidential Cabinet (Nov 17, 2024 18:11)
Donald Trump was elected to shake things up, to undo the damage that the left has been ...
Learning From a Father’s Love (Nov 17, 2024 18:00)
Ever since I began priestly formation, the month of November has carried with it a cert...
What Do You See? (Nov 16, 2024 22:05)
Take a good look at the icon below. What do you see? Icons can be strange to our modern...
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (Nov 16, 2024 18:27)
A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift wat...
Building imaginary castles in the air, from fake straws (Nov 16, 2024 08:40)
The Idea of a University (Nov 15, 2024 19:29)
Let the Church do for Literature in one way what she does for Science in another; each ...
Poetry and Holding the Center (Nov 15, 2024 19:00)
Much as there might be to say today about things falling apart, my point has less to do...
I'm sorry, Greg, I'm afraid I can't do that." The totalitarian "internet of things" here-and-now, and going-ahead, regardless... (Nov 15, 2024 17:09)
Slaughter and Slay (Nov 15, 2024 14:58)
“I leave this rule for others when I’m dead, Be always sure you’re right—then GO AHEAD!...
Habits and Love - in relation to Christian life and the churches (Nov 15, 2024 11:41)
Why We Need Aristocrats (Nov 15, 2024 11:32)
No one wants to have someone ruling over them. We all like to think that we would do ju...
Amazing Grace (Nov 14, 2024 22:26)
One line in the second verse of “Amazing Grace” has always stood out to me: ‘Twas grace...
Kalam contra Perpetuity & pro Eternity (Nov 14, 2024 19:41)
Note to readers: if you have not already been following my conversation of recent weeks...
The Secularized Christianity of Oren Cass (Nov 14, 2024 18:47)
Like it or not, Grace exists despite Oren Cass’s inability to sense it. Now is the time...
Amazing Grace (Nov 14, 2024 18:00)
One line in the second verse of “Amazing Grace” has always stood out to me: ‘Twas grace...
"Contacts" seem to be the potential basis of experiential understanding; as well as participation in the world of spirit (Nov 14, 2024 17:52)
Why Elites Go Bad (Nov 14, 2024 11:32)
Our take on this site is different from all other sources on the internet: the source o...
Nation falls silent as King leads Remembrance ceremony (Nov 14, 2024 05:05)
BBC Tens of thousands of veterans and civilians joined the King in paying their respect...
November 14 – Charles Antoniewicz (Nov 14, 2024 05:00)
(Botoz.) A Polish Jesuit and missionary, born in Lwów (Lemberg), 6 November 1807; died ...
The Age of Faith When the Nobility Were the First to Die for God (Nov 14, 2024 04:55)
During this period three persons of rank were also put to death in the kingdom of Firan...
November 15 – Martyred for God (and Money…) (Nov 14, 2024 04:50)
Bl. Richard Whiting Last Abbot of Glastonbury and martyr, parentage and date of birth u...
November 15 – Universal Doctor (Nov 14, 2024 04:45)
St. Albert the Great Known as Albert the Great; scientist, philosopher, and theologian,...
November 16 – St. Agnes of Assisi (Nov 14, 2024 04:40)
St. Agnes of Assisi Younger sister of St. Clare and Abbess of the Poor Ladies, born at ...
Commissioned to preach the Sixth Crusade (Nov 14, 2024 04:35)
St. Edmund Rich Archbishop of Canterbury, England, born 20 November, c. 1180, at Abingd...
November 16 – St. Mechtilde (Nov 14, 2024 04:30)
St. Mechtilde (MATILDA VON HACKEBORN-WIPPRA). Benedictine; born in 1240 or 1241 at the ...
November 17 – Saint Gregory of Tours (Nov 14, 2024 04:25)
Saint Gregory of Tours Born in 538 or 539 at Arverni, the modern Clermont-Ferrand; died...
St. Hilda (Nov 14, 2024 04:20)
St. Hilda Abbess, born 614; died 680. Practically speaking, all our knowledge of St. Hi...
What ‘Firing Line’ Taught Me About Our Modern Democracy (Nov 13, 2024 20:29)
What did William F. Buckley’s "Firing Line" teach me about our modern democracy? Simply...
“Nefarious”: Screwtape Meets Hannibal Lecter (Nov 13, 2024 18:00)
Reading "The Screwtape Letters" can be a creepy and unsettling experience because C.S. ...
The Liberalism of the MAGA Voters Explains Trump's Election. But Trump's Illiberal Presidency Could Become Fascist. (Nov 13, 2024 16:02)
The Liberalism of the MAGA Voters Explains Trump's Election (Nov 13, 2024 11:55)
Don’t Stop (Too Late) (Nov 13, 2024 11:32)
Humans tend to view things in the moment: the dog over there has immutable properties t...
Political optimism is an Antichrist phenomenon (Nov 13, 2024 09:51)
Welby Watch no more... (Nov 12, 2024 21:15)
A Tale of Two Economies (Nov 12, 2024 18:16)
Celebrated truly, Sunday is the means for harmonizing our mundane economies with the ec...
Augustine’s “Confessions” Unpacked (Nov 12, 2024 18:00)
Augustine’s Confessions is first and foremost a prayer to God. Indeed, unless we read i...
DiversityWatch (November 12, 2024) (Nov 12, 2024 17:01)
~~~ Ottawa high school principal apologizes for song played during Remembrance Day asse...
Numinous experiences are "objective" - yet also personal (Nov 12, 2024 11:51)
Bluff (Nov 12, 2024 11:32)
The important thing to recognize about Leftists is that they are one variety of a human...
What to make of significant-moments/ peak experiences/ epiphanies/ revelations? ...Because they don't interpret themselves. (Nov 12, 2024 07:58)
Remembrance Day (Nov 11, 2024 19:53)
We find ourselves as usual in an epicycle, a cycle within a cycle. The small cycle is t...
DiversityWatch (November 11, 2024) (Nov 11, 2024 19:01)
~~~ Outside spending on 2024 elections shatters records, fueled by billion-dollar ‘dark...
Our Thermidorian Reaction (Nov 11, 2024 14:26)
“Already those who distrusted their complaisance, as well as those who confided in it, ...
It is inevitable that churches become part of a totalitarian society - therefore obedience to a church here-and-now = damnation (Nov 11, 2024 12:14)
Things That Make People Feel Powerful (Nov 11, 2024 11:32)
Modern people know a profound lack of the sensation of power because equality starts al...