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Eric Scheske

The Christmas Homily

The Washington Times' recount of B16's Christmas homily [http://www.washtimes.com/world/20051225-113644-8166r.htm]: > Pope Benedict XVI, in his first Christmas address as pontiff, yesterday urged humanity to unite against terrorism, poverty and environmental blight and called for a "new world order&

The Christmas Eudemon

Whew! The smoke clears. A whirlwind 48-tour of Detroit, where I received a lot of neat gifts, including a hand-carved chess set that had to set my generous in-laws back a few bucks. The kids received an avalanche of gifts while there, as well. We came home

Merry Christmas

> "He rules the world with truth and grace." –Isaac Watts ++ "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." –Charles Dickens ++ "The Incarnation...illuminates and orders all other phenomena, explains both our laughter and our logic, our fear

A Christmas Carol

by G.K. Chesterton The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary were the world, But here is all aright.) The Christ-child lay on Mary's breast, His hair was like a star. (O stern and cunning are

The Tree

> The decorated Christmas tree was in use among the Romans and was introduced to Britain from Germany soon after Queen Victoria's marriage with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1840. Santa Claus and his reindeer came to Britain at the same time. Brewer's Dictionary

A Few Christmas Repeats

I've posted these before, but they're good enough to repeat: Max Beerbohm once said, “I may be old-fashioned, but I am right.” They're good words to recall at this time of the year. After all, we tend to mark the holidays with things

GKC on Christmas

Quotes from G.K. Chesterton: "What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business." "If a man called Christmas Day a mere hypocritical excuse for drunkeness and gluttony, that would

Mistletoe

> Shakespeare calls it "the baleful mistletoe," perhaps in allusion to the Scandinavian legend that it was with an arrow made of mistletoe and wielded by the blind god Hoder that Balder was slain, or to the tradition that it was once a tree from which the wood

Christmas Quotes

“There were only two classes of men who heard the cry that night: Shepherds and Wise Men. Shepherds: those who know they know nothing. Wise Men: those who know they do not know everything.” Fulton Sheen "Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our

PSA

Postings will be light from now through Christmas. There'll be a handful of postings, but overall, the site will slow down significantly. Merry Christmas to all. Our Savior has come. Be joyful.