{bits & pieces}
Pounding away on the book. Do you have a post you love and think should definitely be included? Let me know — I think I have all of them (well, all the important ones) but after more than 10 years, I worry that I’ve forgotten something! Which one got you to come and read here? Which one do you share with your friend? It would help me to know!
bits & pieces
An Irish priest made short films recording various cultural phenomena and they are incredible artifacts of the now-distant past (my childhood, not that I lived in his milieu at all! Man, that happened fast). In this one, he explores a town with a staggering number of vocations to the religious life. Even if you feel that there is a certain gloss (or even sentimentality) to the presentation, it’s worth thinking about the elements he uncovers that contribute to the flourishing: A good priest, families who live simply and pray devotedly, nuns who live cheerfully, a certain beauty in what we would probably feel is poverty.
Maybe someone you care about just won’t read Leila Miller’s Primal Loss book (affiliate link), on the devastation of divorce on children, but would listen to her talk on the subject.
Another video (but you can just listen) from 2018 — timely now that race issues are to the fore: Thomas Sowell speaks about his book Discrimination and Disparities, making important distinctions that we just have to understand if we are going to heal.
A must-read: The Health-First Heresy, by Douglas Farrow.
Also compelling, in a different way: A Pandemic Observed, by a mother grieving for her husband and baby.
I was looking for something else, and came across this essay, written by my husband quite a while ago, on the occasion of the editor of First Things Magazine, Jody Bottum, supporting gay marriage. I want to share it here because I think it’s good: To defend marriage, the truth is enchanting enough
from the archives
Postpartum: give yourself time!
A science curriculum recommendation
liturgical year
The Queenship of Mary (Novus Ordo); Immaculate Heart of Mary (Traditional)
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