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Marian Hymns from the Orthodox Tradition
Today, August 15, is the day when we Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when the Mother of God was assumed body and soul into heaven to become the queen of heaven and earth. Most of us will go to Mass today and sing “Hail, Holy Queen” and perhaps a setting of … [Read More...]
Second Friday Links
The recovery of long-lost texts is a boon for culture and history. The Atlantic has a feature on recovering ancient poems and other content from manuscripts preserved in a 1500 year-old Orthodox monastery. An old essay by novelist Anthony Burgess "On Being a Lapsed Catholic" has been reprinted … [Read More...]
Who Knows? The Truth About Pope Pius XI and His Much-Maligned Successor
Hitler, Mussolini, and the Vatican: Pope Pius XI and the Speech That Was Never Made. By Emma Fattorini. Translated by Carl Ispen. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2011 This is a 2011 translation of a book first published in 2007 by Emma Fattorini, professor of Modern History at the University of Rome. … [Read More...]
First Friday Links
Thankfully I'm not the only Dappled Things editor fascinated by Evelyn Waugh's personal life. Michael Rennier has a great little essay about Evelyn Waugh's Parenting Techniques to read. "Choose to ignore your child and he may one day satirize you mercilessly in his novels." Geoff Manaugh at … [Read More...]
The Church has an Advertising Problem
When I first contemplated becoming Catholic, I was super pumped to finally experience the fullness of the True Presence with a good, old-school reverent Mass, with plainchant and incense and 200 year old neo-gothic churches. After all, the Catholics have literally all the artistic and liturgical … [Read More...]
