Author: robertslawik@outlook.com
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Seaport by Sunset
May this image and similar ones unfold before our mind like the sails unfurl in Claude’s painted harbour, catching the divine breeze that propels ship and crew, heart and soul, toward the blissful embrace of the rising Sun.
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Ending Habitual Sins
We must take part in the battle against sin if we expect to receive the fruits of Our Lord’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection, following Him in Heaven after His glorious Ascension.
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Woodcarving As Worship
Genuine beauty is the splendour of the truth. The more directly a truth refers to God, the more splendid its illustration must be. This applies supremely to the sacred liturgy.
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The Sacred Liturgy as a Secret Garden
An analogy between Frances Hodgson Burnett’s pre-WWI tale for children and the revelation experienced in the 2020s by adults stepping into the grace-filled haven of the traditional Roman liturgy.
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Picasso’s Guernica or, This Is Not A Corrida
The bombing of Guernica in northern Spain occurred on April 26, 1937. Picasso painted a picture after the same name, becoming a turning point in his career.
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Chaste Sleuths Win By Popular Acclaim
Seldom promiscuous, some popular fiction detectives are sedately married rather, but more often single, when not in sacred vows: an unwitting homage paid by secular culture to the Christian religion.
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Falling in Eucharistic Love
Belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist has declined drastically over the past fifty years – how can we help reverse this trend?
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The Diary of a Country Priest Today
When you ponder the increasingly secularised society surrounding you are you ever tempted to wonder, ‘Why doesn’t God intervene?’
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Tintin and the Secret of the Elusive Priests
Fictional Belgian reporter Tintin is possibly the most significant comic strip character due to his seminal influence over that pictorial genre worldwide.
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The Spiritual Meaning of Making Altar Bread
A nun in formation at the Cistercian monastery of Valley of Our Lady reflects on her hidden life with Christ.