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Monday

Big Albert It's the Memorial of St. Albert the Great [http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/ALBERT.HTM]. I've long been intrigued with Albertus Magnus. He not only taught St. Thomas Aquinas, and he not only early recognized STA's brilliance ("You call him

Something for Sunday Morning

“Thoughts gather about the soul according to its underlying quality.” The Philokalia

Wednesday

Finally, I Post a Small Tribute to the Cardinal The puzzling Roger Scruton recently penned a borderline-beautiful tribute to Cardinal Newman's The Idea of a University. Check it out [http://spectator.org/archives/2010/09/17/the-idea-of-a-university]. Excerpt: > The university is a

Something for Sunday Morning

“Meekness above all makes men masters of themselves.” St. Thomas Aquinas

Something for Sunday Morning

“Pray with great confidence, with confidence based upon the goodness and infinite generosity of God and upon the promises of Jesus Christ. God is a spring of living water which flows unceasingly into the hearts of those who pray.” St. Louis de Montfort

Wednesday

If Catholics led the good life that I see in my Mormon acquaintances, there would be no other churches. If we could just combine the Mormon goodness that its members exhibit (leavened with a little bit of wine) and combine it with Catholic theology, we'd have a real

Something for Sunday Morning

“The human will can be protected from sin only when the reason is preserved from ignorance and error.” St. Thomas Aquinas

Something for Sunday Morning

“Each person is like that which he loves.” St. Augustine

Something for Sunday Morning

"Pain allows us to accompany Christ on the cross. Suffering and contradiction purify us. . . Let is not abandon the cross by grumbling and moaning, complaining or giving in to sadness." Francis Fernandez

Nine Days with Kuehnelt-Leddihn

Piety and Death "It is difficult to fear death if one is very pious." Alas, KL has made me take spiritual stock of myself again. I never used to fear death, and then I had children. I then came to fear death . . . for their sake. Of course. And