What We Have Done, and What We Might Do
A continued, blessed Easter Octave to all our readers. Christus surrexit vere, alleluia! Tal Bachman has a succinct summary of how we got from there to here, well... Read more.
And he departed from our sight that we might return to our hearts and find him there. For he left us, and behold, he is here. (Saint Augustine)... Read more.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever (Saint Thomas Aquinas)... Read more.
the life of him who has risen from the dead is not once again bios, the biological form of our mortal life within history; it is zoe, new, different, definitive... Read more.
I, he said, am the Christ; I have destroyed death, triumphed over the enemy, trampled hell underfoot, bound the strong one, and taken men up to the heights of heaven:... Read more.
Ratzinger and the Resurrection
To the Christian, faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is an expression of certainty that the saying that seems to be only a beautiful dream is in fact true:... Read more.
Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed answered.... Read more.
Two Musical Settings of the Crux Fidelis
While we’re still in the penitential part of the Triduum, still preparing for the great solemnity of Easter joy – here are a couple of musical selections:... Read more.
T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral
If you didn’t catch Murder in the Cathedral, the annual drama production of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, the first time around, or would like a second-listen,... Read more.
In those days, when the destroying angel saw the blood on the doors he did not dare to enter, so how much less will the devil approach now when he sees, not that... Read more.