Peggy Noonan has a nice piece up for the new year celebration: You know exactly when you’ll hear it, and you probably won’t hear it again for a year. The big clock will hit 11:59:50, the countdown will begin—10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4—and the sounds will rise: the party horns, fireworks and shouts of “Happy New Year!” And then they’ll play that song: “Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot,... Read more
Fr. Robert Barron looks at Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas Message. Read more
Am down with a bad headcold today, but wanted to share some year-end lists. Check back again, as I will add more “top ten lists” as I find them. Why do we do these lists, anyway? Is it part of “our pagan ritual”? Look here tomorrow for my predictions for 2011; for now here are NRO’s: First Things Lists its 25 Most Popular Articles from this year’s On The Square column. Hey, I’m in there! At Patheos: a look at... Read more
Via Deacon Greg, a powerful video from AT&T that needs to be widely disseminated and viewed by your kids, and by adults, too: Read more
…the world upside down” A gorgeous trailer for an exciting project–it’s been going on for a long time: Read more
Unmistakably Eric Whitacre. Haunting and beautiful. Read more
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Source Tired? Christmas is exhilarating, but tiring. We’re tired over here, too. And my poor Mother-in-Law is sick because she tries to do too much, can never do enough. If you could whisper up a prayer for her, I’m sure it would turn a good effect. Too tired to write anything–I have a splendid rant inside me about irreverence at mass, from the sanctuary to the pews, but ranting takes energy. I do have some nifty videos for you: From... Read more
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/TheAnchoress/RudySam.jpg"(Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff) A humbling and beautiful story: Until recently, Rick carried Sammy up those 14 stairs to his bedroom each night. But a few months ago, Rick had major surgery for a life-threatening heart condition, and now he can’t lift much at all, let alone a 75-pound child. “We thought Rick was going to die, and we were terrified,’’ Patty recalled. “We knew right away he had to stop carrying Sam.’’ Patty couldn’t carry him, either. Desperate,... Read more
Anthony Esolen: Putting the Christmas back in Christ Today at a local diner I saw a small child, a handsome blond boy of about six years old, playing a funny game with his grandfather and grandmother, wide-eyed and smiling. And I thought, “Jesus was once like that.” But as soon as we see that — as soon as we put the Christmas back in Christ, and see all children as made blessed by Christ’s having become a little child —... Read more
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