My friend Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. has more on Advent hymns at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer’s blog , including lovely recordings. Here’s a slight digression in the conversation about hymns. At some point in high school or college you learn the trick of putting the phrase “in . . . . Continue Reading »
In the past year, I’ve enjoyed finding recordings of authors reading their own material online. Some voices sound the way I expected— Tolkein’s , for example—and some did not— Lewis’ , for example. I can’t say I expected Chesterton to sound the way he did, but . . . . Continue Reading »
A disturbing column in today’s LA Times has a woman wanting to “let” her Dad go by removing his feeding tube—which would really be to make him go, since there could only be one outcome from such a decision.Dad isn’t unconscious. He is debilitated and disabled by a . . . . Continue Reading »
The six Jews killed in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India last week were buried today in Israel: Amid heart-rending scenes, thousands of tearful Israeli mourners on Tuesday bid an emotional farewell to the six Jews killed in the Mumbai terror attacks, including the parents of the two-year-old . . . . Continue Reading »
A religious goods company in Rhode Island finds the suffering economy isn’t causing a loss in its sales but a spike. “When times are tough, more people seem to go to church,” said Brian Cavanagh, the chief executive officer of Cavanagh Co. He said sales of the company’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Ba-lo-ney! A study claims that nearly half of our young people of college age have had a psychiatric episode in the last year. From the study:Almost half of college-aged individuals had a psychiatric disorder in the past year. The overall rate of psychiatric disorders was not different between . . . . Continue Reading »
“We made the decision together but I’ve never felt so alone.” That is just one testimony from a woman suffering post-abortive pains, on the new website www.AbortionChangesYou.com . The site is not designed to offer counseling, nor to compile pro-life or pro-choice arguments and . . . . Continue Reading »
They brought it on themselves, the private health insurers. Raising rates, cherry picking, too often trying to game people. So, now with the election of Barack Obama, the LA Times announces that there is a “consensus” to legally implement some form of nationally mandated health . . . . Continue Reading »
The cold and flu season has officially begun , as many of us—myself included—know all too well. If the sniffles have you down and you’re looking for a place to direct your frustrations, a new study published in the Journal of General Virology suggests that much of the blame can be . . . . Continue Reading »
On the topic of Advent hymns and carols , here’s “The King Shall Come” by Michael Linton, a frequent FT contributor. The piece is conducted by Mary Hopper at the Wheaton Illinois Christmas Festival. . . . . Continue Reading »
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