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Category Archives: Benedict Option
Forsaking lunacy, again and again
I have long thought that the best critique of Rod Dreher’s Benedict Option is that he’s just asking Christians to actually act like Christians, and asking the Church actually to do the work of the Church. (Long? Well, the book … Continue reading
Clippings (and a little opinion) 11/30/18
In some ways the most important items are last, but they have to do with heroes like Robert Mueller and villains like Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, and Michael Cohen. Some of you therefore might experience serious cognitive dissonance. 1 It’s … Continue reading
Monday 9/17/18
Politics and religion. This is no dinner party. Continue reading
Monday Mélange 9/3/18
1 The narrator provides us with one final parcel of information that he has learned about Bartleby, a rumor he has heard that before the young man entered his employ, he worked in the dead letter office in Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict Option, Education, immigration, Literature, Roman Catholicism, Sexualia, Uncategorized
Encore!
Serendipity led me back to a blog of 8 years ago, which has aged well. Continue reading
Why I’m not calling for Revolution
I cannot forgive or forget Trump’s praise for the most hideously totalitarian regime on the planet, for a bloodthirsty scion who conducts regular public hangings, keeps his subjects in a state of mind-control, holds hundreds of thousands in concentration camps, … Continue reading
When I was 21, it was a very good year*
The future of the Church, once again as always, will be reshaped by saints, by men, that is, whose minds probe deeper than the slogans of the day, who see more than others see, because their lives embrace a wider … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict Option
Saturday, 12/16/17
A potpourri, maybe a little more stimulating than usual. Continue reading
Benedict Option for Dummies
In our conversation last night some of the students expressed some confusion as to what the Benedict Option actually entailed. I said: 1) the culture is increasingly anti-Christian; 2) It’s not going to leave Christians alone; 3) Christians have accommodated … Continue reading
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