Anno Domini 2009

Best wishes for a happy and holy new year to one and all!
On this first day of the new year of our salvation 2009, I find it only fitting that we give thanks to God in the best way we know how — through prayer.  For all of the graces of the past year, [...]

Tolkien on the Eucharist

Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament….There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death. By the divine paradox, that which ends life, [...]

The Peace of Wild Things
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace [...]

Christian England?

Reading Now

Many thanks to my sister for scouring my Amazon Wishlist and sending me this book for Christmas.  Interestingly enough, she tells me that the house in which Evelyn Waugh once lived is just a few doors down from her current home in Golder’s Green, London.  While the edition I received is published by Loyola, I [...]

Father and Son

St. Joseph and the Child Jesus by John Collier
St. Joseph the foster-father of Christ is dressed as a carpenter with the Child Jesus standing beside him.  Jesus holds a plumb line to signify that He is the fixed point against which all else can be measured.

Puer natus est nobis, et filius datus est nobis…

Wishing all of you a
blessed and holy CHRISTMAS
full of grace, hope and peace

A child is born for us, and a Son is given to us; dominion is laid on His shoulder, and He shall be called Wonderful-Counsellor.
Sing [...]

Septima Dies

For those of you who have been keeping up with the “O’s” this past week, don’t forget that today is day seven of that beautiful devotion:
O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of the nations, Savior of all people, come and set us free, Lord our God.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory be…

Cabin Fever

Thanks to the winter storm and the eight-or-so inches of snow outside, it’s been quite a relaxing past few days here at the ranch.  My house is set at the bottom of a long, downward driveway and so it hasn’t been easy getting in and out.  But with all this time for reading, relaxing, and [...]

Wow

I’ll be home for Christmas…finally

Four final examinations and three term papers later, it’s finally over.  The Christmas holiday has officially begun.
Onwards to Seattle where family, friends, and food are (hopefully) waiting for me.

Almost there…

Two exams and one paper down, two more exams to go.
I’ll be home soon, Mom…

‘Gaude’ to you

A blessed Gaudete Sunday to all and greetings from rainy South Bend.  Sorry for the week-long blogging hiatus, but things have been a bit chaotic here under the Dome.  With the first day of examinations on the calendar for tomorrow, the past week has been full of furious writing, rapid reading, and not a [...]