rhapsody August 26th, 2008
&
Parry!!
@ First Things…
Found courtesy of II Scoop,
concerning a review of
The Quest for Shakespeare:
The Bard of Avon and the Church
of Rome, by Joseph Pearce -
and its author’s reply.
Labels: Touche Monsieur
rhapsody August 23rd, 2008
“Any scene…can be more clearly and freshly
seen when it is seen upside down.”
G.K. Chesterton
Which brings to mind…
The Remedy
By Ernestine Cobern Beyer
A certain king of great renown
Saw everybody upside down.
It much disturbed him day and night,
So topsy-turvy was his sight.
To try to cure the good king’s eyes
There came a doctor old and wise
Who dosed the king with horrid brews,
And poured red pepper in his shoes.
These things the patient king endured,
But when the doctor cried, “You’re cured!”
His Highness blinked and glumly said:
“Sir! Must you stand upon your head?”
Came other clever doctors, then,
Distinguished and important men.
“The Cold Cure is the very thing!”
Said they, “Let’s try it on the king!”
They promptly wrapped him in a sheet
With lumps of ice at head and feet.
Although it was a famous one,
This cure was very little fun.
“You’re healed!” they cried. “Without a doubt,
Your sickness has been frozen out!”
But they were wrong- for all that froze
Was just the royal nose and toes.
Well, being men of great resource,
They tried the Hot Cure next, of course.
But though they baked him toe to brow,
His sole response to this was “OW!”
Then came a wizard, tall of hat,
Who cured the king as quick as that!
He simply turned him upside down
And stood His Highness on his crown.
“Hooray!” The king’s relief was vast.
“You all look right side up, at last!”
* Quote from the St. Austin Review,
May/June 2008.
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rhapsody August 6th, 2008
“Look at this other one, who seems to
want to give his whole life for God, whose
ardor all the torments there are cannot
damp. A tiny bit of scandalmongering …
a word of calumny … even a slightly cold
reception or a small injustice done to him …
a kindness returned by ingratitude …
immediately gives birth in him to feelings
of hatred, of revenge, of dislike, to the point,
often, of his never wishing to see his neighbor
again or at least of treating him coldly with
an air which shows very plainly what is
going on in his heart. And how many times
is this his waking thought, just as it was the
thought that almost prevented him from
sleeping? Alas, my dear brethren, we are
poor stuff, and we should count very little
upon our good resolutions!” – Source
Thanks to Terry from Abbey-Roads2.
Eric, over at The Daily Eudemon, wrote a
very interesting article on St. John Vianney
as well.
rhapsody August 2nd, 2008
from Ignatius Press…
Dear and Glorious Physician,
by Taylor Caldwell -
H/T: Mom:-)
Growing up, this book, (one
of my mother’s favorites) – about
St. Luke, was practically required
reading.
It has been out-of-print for a while
now, so it’s great to see Ignatius Press
making it available again.
Labels: And I can’t help wondering…
rhapsody August 1st, 2008
… by Fr. Dwight Longenecker
@
First Things.
H/T to Michelle Arnold,
an apologist at
for the link.
Labels: Books
