June 16, 2021

Patton, Pizza, and the Ingenuity of Man

June 16, 2021

“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” General George Patton

David Clayton

June 15, 2021

culture, Blog, Mysticism

Report on the March for Eternal Life - and notification of more Pilgrimages coming this year.

David Clayton

June 15, 2021

culture, Blog, Mysticism

Report on the March for Eternal Life - and notification of more Pilgrimages coming this year.

It was a group of predominantly masculine voices, and we faced East and sang the psalms in the Gregorian modes out loud, many doing it for the first time in their lives.

Deacon Lawrence

June 9, 2021

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Covenants, Contracts, and the Body of Christ

Deacon Lawrence

June 9, 2021

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Covenants, Contracts, and the Body of Christ

God did not establish a contract with His people, He established a covenant. God relates to his people through covenants

David Clayton

June 8, 2021

Blog, Liturgy, Number and Proportion

Beauty in the Spiritual Life, Part 3: A Meditation on A Painting of Christ as the Eternal Flower of Paradise

David Clayton

June 8, 2021

Blog, Liturgy, Number and Proportion

Beauty in the Spiritual Life, Part 3: A Meditation on A Painting of Christ as the Eternal Flower of Paradise

The impulse to beauty in our hearts helps us to be by degrees an ever more brilliantly colored, beautifully formed, and sweetly fragrant Christ-like Flower of Paradise.

Deacon Lawrence

June 2, 2021

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Saint Brigid and the Love of the Trinity

Deacon Lawrence

June 2, 2021

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Saint Brigid and the Love of the Trinity

In a world that demands all of our time, it is our challenge to find a quiet place to make room for prayer and the sacraments.

David Clayton

June 1, 2021

Beauty in the Spiritual Life, Part 2: Suggestions on How to Develop the Impulse for Beauty

David Clayton

June 1, 2021

Beauty in the Spiritual Life, Part 2: Suggestions on How to Develop the Impulse for Beauty

We aim to live and pray according to the pattern of divine beauty and order. The number eight more than any other governs the pattern of Christ in tradition and the culture.

Deacon Lawrence

May 26, 2021

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Augustine and the Holy Spirit

Deacon Lawrence

May 26, 2021

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

On that first day, five thousand were baptized into the Kingdom. The Holy Spirit continues to surprise and heal and give us courage.

David Clayton

May 25, 2021

Blog, Theology, Liturgy, Number and Proportion, Mysticism

Beauty in the Spiritual Life, Part 1: Beauty as a Principle of Choice

David Clayton

May 25, 2021

Blog, Theology, Liturgy, Number and Proportion, Mysticism

Beauty in the Spiritual Life, Part 1: Beauty as a Principle of Choice

The conscience can act in a prohibitive sense, that warns us against sinful acts. But there is another principle of choice that is more positive and affirmative and is a creative impulse that works in harmony with the order that underlies the beauty of all things. That is the conscience of creativity that chooses the most beautiful option.