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Saint Ignatius of Loyola
"The strategy of our adversary..."
Book Review: The Black Arrow
by Robert Louis Stevenson The novel opens with the murder of a man by a black arrow. A letter is later...
Book Review: Tranquility by Tuesday
by Laura Vanderkam I heard an interview with...
From The Habit of Being
"... the change is painful." If you'd like this quote in sticker form, click here.
A Day of Inconvenience to Keep Us From Taking Convenience for Granted
A water main broke on our block one pretty Sunday afternoon. I remember it was a lovely day because I was enjoying a walk and, just...
From The Habit of Being
"... the act of writing is not complete in itself."
Orthodoxy
by GK Chesterton This book was excellent. It was definitely the most approachable of all of Chesterton's nonfiction that I've read so far. It had...
A Gargoyle Gecko Gothic Cathedral and the Discovery of a Dawn of a New Industrial Revolution
After our Gargoyle Gecko, Mabel, joined the family, it became a top...
Happy Feast of the Assumption of Mary!
And don't forget that today starts the Saint Michael's Lent. To daily have your thoughts assumed heavenwards, purchase this block here.
From Orthodoxy
"... an orgy of everything that was bad."
Father Marquette and the Great Rivers
by August Derleth In school we are studying the further exploration into North America. Father Marquette was a Jesuit French priest who had dreamt...
The Leaven
Matt 13: 33, Luke 13: 20-21 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures...