Was Tom Bombadil God in Disguise?
COMMENTARY: The omission of the memorable literary character from Peter Jackson’s films may reveal how difficult modern storytelling finds Tolkien’s vision of grace.
Results from Tag: 'literature'
Femme Formidable: The Power of Faithful Women
COMMENTARY: History and literature are full of femmes formidables who shine forth feminine faith and fortitude.
Famous Fictional Saints and Sinners
COMMENTARY: The world of literature is awash with villains and villainy, but the presence of saints is more subtle and understated.
The Priest Who Counsels the Count of Monte Cristo
What Abbé Faria reveals about formation, suffering and the moral risk of shaping another soul is worth reflecting upon.
Ageless Children’s Literature for Childlike Hearts
Grown-ups enjoy children’s literature; it is only those who refuse to grow up, like Peter Pan, who think that they are too grown up for it.
An Old Poet’s Advice to the Pope
From a muddy parish road to the Chair of Peter, Chaucer’s vision of priestly holiness still speaks with bracing clarity.
The Knight Before Christmas
The Christmas story includes chivalry as well as shepherds, and knights in shining armor as well as wise men bearing gifts.
Why Josef Pieper Wanted ‘Every Theology Student’ to Read This Essay
COMMENTARY: ‘On the Spirituality of Studying Theology’ by Ida Friederike Görres is now available for the first time in English.
Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney’s Poetry Formed by Sacraments and the Soil of Ireland
A new scholarly study reveals how the Nobel-winning poet’s verse reflects a profoundly sacramental imagination.
How St. Joan of Arc Won Mark Twain’s Skeptical Heart
COMMENTARY: Though known as America’s great humorist, Twain called his novel on Joan of Arc the ‘best of all my books.’
