December 31st, 2007
Pardon, gentles all, if you experience a bit of webdust on the Idyllist and the Idylls Press home site–we’re trying to upgrade our software.
In the meantime, here’s a New Year’s offering, by way of the one and only Ennio Morricone:
December 26th, 2007
We hope you’re having a wonderful Christmas!
To help you celebrate, check out Catholic Radio International’s Poetry of Pavel Chichikov page, where you can find links to audio files from CRI in which Pavel reads from his poetry. The most recent are his Christmas poems on the Adoration of the Shepherds–simply beautiful.
December 22nd, 2007
As we all wind up for several days of joyous celebrations with family and friends, here’s a bit of levity to accompany your last-minute orgy of gift-shopping and present wrapping, courtesy of our favorite Catholic jazz singer, Harry Connick, Jr.–seriously, his Christmas album (not the one featured in the skit!) is a classic–and the Rev. [...]
December 11th, 2007
As many Idyllist readers know, Our Lady of Guadalupe figures prominently in my novel, The Mystery of Things. Well, here’s a little factoid from the Catholic news agency, Zenit, which made even my jaw drop:
MEXICO CITY, DEC. 11, 2007 - Leaders at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, which houses St. [...]
December 7th, 2007
I’ve just posted a review of 2007’s biggest book phenomenon, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, over at Catholicfiction.net. It’s a thorough (read: lengthy) account of my mixed reaction to the final volume of the epic fantasy series. If you want the short version, it’s this: Rowling’s handling of the Snape subplot sucked.
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There is a sense of insignificance which is trying and discouraging and leads to envy of the rich and great. It leads also to a certain selfishness even amid poverty and absolute want. The absence of the ideal of the self as potentially great and capable of great deeds keeps it small and self-centred….The greatness of the Church, coupled with a true sense of the dignity of the individual human soul, if looked at as a Christian should look at it, is the true antidote.
— Wilfrid Ward