‘An Incorrigibly and Confusedly Religious Nation’
Randy Boyagoda, The Wall Street Journal
The Virtues of Lent
Br. Joachim Kenney, O.P., Dominicana
The Religious States of America, in 22 Maps
Niraj Chokshi, The Washington Post
The Aesthetes: When Kitsch Was Avant-Garde
Jacob Willer, Standpoint
Lift My Chin, Lord
Lift my chin, Lord,Say to me,“You are not whoYou feared to be,Not Hecate, quite,With howling sound,Torch held…
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
Spring Twilight After Penance
Let’s say you’ve just comeFrom confession. Late sunPours through the budding treesThat mark the brown creek washing Itself…