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You are Who you eat: “Let Christ be eaten…”
On the Readings for August 19, 2018 […]
Chesterton
Carl’s Cuts
Carl’s Cuts: On Schmemann’s Lent, Billy Graham’s death, Madeleine L’Engle’s “Wrinkle”, and Cardinal Cupich’s column
Confessions, observations, and animadversions on this, that, and the other. […]
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Chesterton, St. Francis, and the bottomless pit of unfathomable thanks
How I learned that the best kind of prayer is thanksgiving, the best kind almsgiving is thanksgiving, and the best kind of abstinence is thanksgiving. […]
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The return to reason requires hard work, rigorous thought—and faith
Today, we are deluged with information, voices, images, and pitches. It’s not a matter of tuning out, but one of fine tuning our minds to […]
Editorial
In gratitude for the gift of the “Catechism of the Catholic Church”
How I learned that reading and studying the Catechism, Church doctrine and dogma, and theology are not ultimately about knowing things or facts but about knowing […]
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In an age of pushy politics, why shy away from proclaiming the Faith?
Society has reached the sad point that many people think themselves brave or controversial for stating an opinion shared by everyone in the room. […]
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The Creative Catholic: Anthony Esolen
“Do not read a book, ever, just so that you can say clever things about it,” advises the prolific author and translator, “Read books for […]
Sojourns with Schall
The attacks in Barcelona are part of a growing world-wide war
Islam stands as a judgment on the nations. It also stands as a judgment on thought itself. […]
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A new appreciation for the “Prince of Paradox”
ABCs of the Christian Life is an introduction to Chesterton for people who haven’t read him, or a kind of synthesis for those who have and […]
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Joseph Pearce reflects on his “dramatic verse tapestry” about two “war poets”
For the past two decades, since the publication of Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton, Joseph Pearce has established himself as a leading biographer of Christian novelists, poets, authors, and intellectuals. He has written […]