The angels show forth God’s greatness and perfection. “Each symbolizes individually some attribute or other of that infinite Being. In some we see his power, in others his love, in others his strength. Each is a reproduction of some beauty of the divine Original; each adores him and glorifies him in the perfection it portrays.” It is God, then, whom we honor in the angels. They are like mirrors reflecting the perfections of their infinite Creator. Raised to the supernatural... Read more
1970; Hippies vs Hardhats Back in 2005, when unemployment figures were averaging about 5.1 percent, and the press was continually reporting any and all good economic or employment news with the almighty “but,” CNNMoney ran a particularly misleading headline: “There Go 800,000 Jobs Out the Door. The expected downturn in the housing market could end up costing 800,000 construction and finance jobs, putting a big dent in economic growth over the next two years, a report from UCLA said. Now,... Read more
I rarely write on this sort of thing, and until the Elmo/Cleavage matter, I wasn’t sure who Katy Perry was, but this tweet brought me to this post applauding Ace O’ Spades, which brought me to this piece by Ace, wherein he (who has always differentiated between adult and kid material), gets tough with the sexpot singer for her choice of market target. Katy Perry appeared on Saturday Night Live doing the tiresome Abbreviated-Catholic-School-Uniform-Singing-About-Sex thing that has been done by... Read more
Earlier I posted a picture of celebrities from the 1940s and asked you to identify them. Some of the guesses were very good, indeed. I myself was only able to recognize Loretta Young (the sitting gal with the feathered hat) but I got waylaid by the fellow in profile, who looked a little like Cary Grant, if Cary Grant had looked like that. Let’s look again: The un-Cary Grant is the film director Leo McCarey. The back row is Eddie... Read more
I have been sitting here, working away at my desk, and all around me, for over a quarter of an hour, now, has been the smell of roses, even though there is not a rose in the house. It is delightful! I am delighted. Why does it happen, sometimes, that we smell flowers out of nowhere? Or is this something that only my mother and I have experienced? Of course, I find it a lovely gift and let it go.... Read more
Look at how people used to dress! Like grown-ups! And this seems to have been a fairly casual, “lets get together this afternoon and chat” sort of occasion, circa, say…1945. I’ll give you a little while, to see if you can name all of the celebrities in the photo, and then I’ll tell you why it matters. UPDATE: Answers Here Read more
It’s the question I am asking in today’s column on the homepage, and I think it’s worth asking, particularly in light of the recent growth in vocations in habited communities, this study, and our own obliviousness: [The] habit was a reminder to the community of faith, and to everyone else as well, that we are all called to simplicity and sacrifice—that for all of our Martha-instincts to work ourselves to death and carve our identities from what we “do,” we... Read more
Heraldry of Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Pope Benedict XVI, respectively On the heels of Pope Benedict’s well-received visit to the United Kingdom came the announcement last week of the CDF’s appointment of Archbishop Donald Wuerl, of Washington, as its delegate, “to guide the incorporation of Anglican groups into the Catholic Church in the United States.” Yeah. It’s a big deal. And today, NETNY, Brooklyn Diocese-run channel that broadcasts, among other things, the nation’s only daily Catholic news... Read more
Over at Instapundit: Glenn Reynolds notes the sentiments of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: “Americans are self-absorbed.” Reynolds puckishly concurs, and suggests that Americans stop sitting at home watching their Netflix videos and go out to join a tea party. Get some fresh air. Laura Curtis at the Washington Examiner does a good job of putting Hastings quote into context and them hammering him for it in a must-read piece: In a recent interview, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings responded to a... Read more
In general, I have disapproved of using children in campaign ads, from the “daisy bomb” ads of the 60’s to the “mommy, can I have another glass of arsenic” commercials of 2000. I abhorred “singing for Obama” ads from 2008. But this, I can’t help but love. Not only does it succinctly sum up the driving issue of the election, these kids are just incredibly adorable, to boot. I can’t help getting the impression, too, that Joel Demos and his... Read more
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