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You Can Look It Up, A Dictionary for Philosophers – Joseph R. Wood, The Catholic Thing

Charles Dickens, Not a Lover of the Catholic Faith - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Richard Dawkins Failed His Own Orthodoxy Test, The Atheist’s Latest Assault on Fiath Only Proves His Own Lack of Humility - Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Quæritur: Ashes, Very Small Children, and You - Fr. Z’s Blog

Consecrate this Lent to Jesus through Mary, a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity - Fr. Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

Lenten Observances - Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

What is This Shrine & Pilgrimage Thing? Is it Important to My Faith? - Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Forgiveness Leads To Love - Godwin Delali Adadzie, Ignitum Today

Darwinism the Root of the Culture of Death: Expert - Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSiteNews.com

98% of Catholic Women Use Birth Control, Really? - Foxfier, The American Catholic

10 Random Thoughts on Confession - Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP PhD, Domine da mihi!

Europe: No Free Expression for Critics of Homosexuality - J. C. von Krempach JD, Turtle Bay and Beyond

Immaculate Conception, Assumption: Post-Reformation Innovations? - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

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Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

Which Way Is Heaven?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s mystic west was inspired by the legendary voyage of St. Brendan, who sailed on a quest for a Paradise in the midst and mists of the ocean.