"I am starting a revolution; I am re-forming the line"
-Easter Sunday- On the first day of the week, very early in the morning,the women came to the tomb, bringing … Continue reading Holy Week: What they were looking at was the first day of a new creation…
-Holy Saturday- And now a member of the Council arrived, a good and upright man named Joseph. He had not … Continue reading Holy Week: Guarded by the authority of the Caesars…
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-Good Friday- A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge… Continue reading Holy Week: The best things in the world that are at their worst…
“Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the LORD looks into the heart.” (1 … Continue reading A Season of Lent: Spiritual Sight
“Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will … Continue reading A Season of Lent: Humble and Hopeful Prayer
“Take words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is … Continue reading A Season of Lent: Forgiveness and Healing
“When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not … Continue reading A Season of Lent: Responding To Correction
“Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live … Continue reading A Season of Lent: Obedience
Real forgiveness coupled with real repentance, like everything else that is real, is extremely costly. But its reward is priceless: … Continue reading A Season of Lent: Human Charity vs. Christian Charity
“The Wrath of the Lamb is its great paradox” So observes Chesterton about Christianity in his exploration of William Blake. … Continue reading A Season of Lent: The Wrath of the Lamb
God sets the example of our charity(forgiveness) toward others in Micah… “Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and … Continue reading A Season of Lent: Charity (Forgiveness)
“Can ye drink of the cup that I drink of?” Some think suffering is pointless. They see it only as … Continue reading A Season of Lent: Suffering For Righteousness
Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMAH, WEEPING AND … Continue reading Because his crime is tragic, his punishment is comic…
What I remember most about Christmas past was the smallest of things. This was my father’s Christmas tradition: oranges, apples and … Continue reading For the birthday present of birth…
For a child is born to us, A son is given to us; And the government Is upon His shoulder; … Continue reading Advent: Paradoxes in favour of peace…
“Gaudete in Domino semper” -“Rejoice in the Lord always”- (Philippians 4:4,5) The third Sunday, Gaudete Sunday, brings us into our … Continue reading Advent: The Philosophy of Light…
In order to have reform, says Chesterton, to return to the form, we must have repentance. We must admit that … Continue reading Advent: Without Reference To Form
There is at the back of all our lives an abyss of light, more blinding and unfathomable than any abyss … Continue reading Advent: An abyss of light…
Some interesting thoughts on Veteran’s Day from Midwest Chesterton News, 3 (May, 1991). As always, the Apostle of Common Sense … Continue reading In Remembrance Of Our Veterans…
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“Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give… Continue reading St. George could still fight the dragon…
“The solution for the people of California was to reconfigure the political landscape and shift a supermajority of citizens — … Continue reading When Pilate and Herod shook hands…
On this third Sunday of Easter… Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the … Continue reading Nothing less can raise us from the dead…
“PIPPIN: I didn’t think it would end this way. GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just … Continue reading Because death has been defeated…
On this Easter Wednesday, we imagine what it was like, the lingering euphoria of these women who were the first … Continue reading The peculiar chivalry of Christendom…
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-Easter Sunday- On the first day of the week, very early in the morning,the women came… Continue reading Holy Week: What they were looking at was the first day of a new creation…
A Lenten reflection on a recent tragedy. “…and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” Someone commented … Continue reading Nay, the really sane man knows – A Lenten reflection
ANY MAN WHO PREACHES REAL LOVE IS BOUND TO BEGET HATE “You will be hated by everyone on account of … Continue reading But real love has always ended in bloodshed…
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the … Continue reading A highly forcible argument….
Chesterton’s Progress and Tolkein’s Long Defeat We’re not sharing just Chesterton today but tying a subject he wrote about with … Continue reading We have not settled the superlative…
446 years ago this past October 7th a decisive battle was fought which ensured the continuation of Christianity in the … Continue reading He smiles, but not as Sultans smile…
We are living in difficult times. Our fears, and we all have them, often are being inflamed for purposes other … Continue reading Nearly Always The State…
What disasters teach us about the goodness of God (what he allows us to keep) , about Christian theology and … Continue reading The Poetry of Limits…
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Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.… Continue reading The Decent Inn of Death
HAPPY 143RD BIRTHDAY TO GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON! On May 29, 1874, a genius was born to Marie Louise, née Grosjean, … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Mr. Chesterton!
One has to wonder how such a thing was possible, a walk out during a graduation at a university that … Continue reading By not being lived enough…
“The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have … Continue reading It Is Impossible Without Humility….
“Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his … Continue reading St. George could still fight the dragon…
Have you ever wondered what G. K. Chesterton sounded like when he spoke? Well, we have a treat for you … Continue reading What did Chesterton sound like?
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made … Continue reading No chain is stronger than its weakest link…
“It Goes Like It Goes (God bless the hands of a working man)“ When you give a man a holiday … Continue reading Immortality is the great holiday…
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-Holy Thursday- Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it… Continue reading Holy Week: An object of faith…
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-Holy Wednesday- Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. And… Continue reading Holy Week: Judas with the bag…
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-Holy Tuesday- When Jesus had thus spoken, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly,… Continue reading Holy Week: The traitor is always a friend…
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-Holy Monday- Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had… Continue reading Holy Week: A deadly ultimatum to the world…
-Palm Sunday- And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto mount Olivet, then Jesus sent … Continue reading Holy Week: The Donkey
What makes this passage so intriguing and revealing is that Chesterton takes all the erroneous trends, the facets of truth, … Continue reading The first and last idea of it is Resurrection…
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Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit! May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers… Continue reading Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit!
It is one of those evenings as Chesterton puts it “in which the sky was warm and radiant while the earth … Continue reading The Essence of Spring…
