An Open Letter to Fellow Writers and Artists
It is your task to respond to grace and create works of art that will enrich and bless the lives of others. He will do the rest, according to His holy will.
It is your task to respond to grace and create works of art that will enrich and bless the lives of others. He will do the rest, according to His holy will.
If we want to do a better job of passing on the Catholic faith to the next generation, then poetry must play a greater part in Catholic education.
It’s curious, and perhaps not coincidental, that those who search out and seek to punish so-called hate speech haven't yet turned their attention to expressions of class hatred.
As we saw in the previous essay in this series, Oedipus Rex presents the riddle of man without offering any solution.
This year we celebrate the Year of Dante, marking 700 years since the poet’s death on September 14, 1321.
Art provides an initial sign of the Christian vision, and Christian witness confirms its living reality in the world.
"Sometimes, doctor," a patient of mine once said to me, "I feel like the little boy with his finger in the dyke, crying wolf."
Sophocles is probably the greatest dramatist in the history of civilization, with the obvious exception of Shakespeare.