Monthly Archives: April 2015

I have for years been a fan of Oswald Chamber’s classic devotional My Utmost for His Highest and every now and then I pick it up to see what he has to say on a given date. For Apr. 28, … Continue reading →

Great essay.  Here’s a salient excerpt that refers to the recent rioting in Baltimore and the Supreme Court’s hearings on whether “equal” marriage is a constitutional right: This is why what is happening in Baltimore is linked to what is … Continue reading →

I have read two of Hillary Mantel’s novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies on King Henry XVIII and his fixer Thomas Cromwell.  Now that the BBC has launched a television series on Wolf Hall, I will probably watch … Continue reading →

This is a wonderful piece in the Catholic Herald by Canada’s own Fr. Raymond de Souza that is worth reading and re-reading. May it bless you today! Here’s an excerpt. Jesus begins to re-orient the disciples by explaining to them … Continue reading →

Most interesting article at Catholic World Report on Cardinal Newman, his influence on the Second Vatican Council and some speculation on how he might have responded to it. This was particularly interesting for us former Anglicans: That Newman was a … Continue reading →

One is a blog post by Fr Ashley Beck, a former Anglican priest who crossed the Tiber in the 1990s.   He writes (with my emphases): We did not wish to bring with us Anglican liturgical traditions. Most of us … Continue reading →

Over at Crisis Magazine Esolen writes: Democracy is dead. I say so not because I have ceased to believe in it. I retain a half guilty affection for that worst of all forms of government, except for most of the … Continue reading →

Rod Dreher makes some interesting points about how pointless the debates have become on abortion and on religious freedom vs. gay rights. He writes: Aristotle taught that action begins with desire. Before you can do a thing, you have to … Continue reading →

Here, as if to answer some of the questions in my mind comes this analysis by Archbishop Charles Chaput over at Crisis Magazine.  Worth reading.  An excerpt: Of course, the idea of the “state” is a modern invention. I use … Continue reading →

Sounds like something I want to read.  From the Spectator by Douglas Murray (h/t Kathy Shaidle at Five Feet of Fury: Because our political class has transferred to teachers the whole obligation to integrate new immigrant communities… People find themselves … Continue reading →