These Old Shades; What a thumping good read!
Several times before I have recommended Georgette Heyer to my female readers (although a fella who likes Jane Austen might be interested, as well). I admit, I am an unabashed fool for The Convenient...
View ArticleCompline for Monday Night; No Chant
And finally, the last podcast; here is Compline for Monday Night. I have linked to the whole week’s recordings of Compline, to make it easier for those who wish to use them every night, and I have set...
View Article"It is consummated."
“Everything” is about nothing. Everything ended with the sacrifice of the Lamb. All is consummated. We are forever and always at the Last Supper, at the Crucifixion, at the Resurrection. Time ended...
View ArticleQuestions & Comments from the email
From time to time I find similar questions or comments filling the email box and it seems like a cue to address them more broadly. Q: Why is your email so hard to find? A: An email asking me why my...
View ArticlePalin's Email Hack & A Breather…
Sometimes you just have to step back and be a little frivolous, in the face of all the madness, and it is both mean and crazy out there. Can you imagine the press not talking about the invasion of...
View ArticleGood advice and more
My mother, Sister David, was ill and in bed, and I was getting ready to leave to speak to the National Council of Catholic Women. Sister David had a bird in her room, a little parakeet, and I said to...
View ArticleMorning Prayer October 01
Sorry to say there are a few small mistakes in this podcast, the most glaring of which is that I said I would provide the page directives and read the small bio of St. Therese in the breviary and then...
View ArticleMornings are for Prayer & Study
That’s actually a Dominican in the picture, but “ora et labora” is the motto of the Benedictine: Pray and Work. And study. Books are the Benedictine lifeblood. I promised myself a while back that I...
View ArticleVespers Podcast: Am I still fasting?
Someone emailed asking, “are you still” praying and fasting? Yes, I am. But remember – I’m not praying for a “win;” I’m praying that for the good of the country. Since my mind is not God’s I have no...
View ArticleBenjamin Franklin, We Need You!
Over the years, Franklin had been developing a social outlook that, in its mixture of liberal, populist and conservative ideas, would become one archetype of American middle-class philosophy. He...
View ArticleEverything is Different, II
No, I don’t mean to tease you, really I don’t. I can’t wait to tell you about my retreat. But you know, sometimes a thing is so incredible that it is hard to put into words; needs processing for a bit,...
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