Category: Restoration Reader
The Two Living Springs of All Our Blessings
Octave of the Sacred Heart Are you, like Thomas Jefferson, too enlightened to believe in the miracles of the Bible? Marcellino D’Ambrosio explores this question in his excellent piece for Catholic Exchange, “The Fourth...
Independence, Patriotism, and War
Pope St. Leo II Americans take independence seriously, but they tend to pull the trigger of a gun rather than the lever of a voting booth when it comes to making decisions about breaking...
My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary In this TIA piece, Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira describes Mary’s Magnificat as an “artistic work of logic,” in this admirable analysis in honor of today’s...
Look at the Children Who Aren’t There
Feast of the Most Precious Blood In “The one about. . .The Entire Sad Contraception Issue Explained,” Ann Barnhardt deals quickly and fearlessly with what people have always believed about contraception, deftly pulls in...
To Think Poetically and Imaginatively
Commemoration of St. Paul Writing for Classical Teacher, David Wright shows how some things are best communicated by poetry–not by measuring and calculating as scientists do. Carefully, Wright takes us by the hand and walks...
To Dwell in the Quiet of This Heart
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus “Our love of God has grown cold,” explains H. E. Bishop Donald Sanborn in this 1998 sermon on the need for devotion to the Sacred Heart of...
We Put It Out There. . .And We Hope
Sts. John and Paul Catholic historian Christopher Dawson provided the scholarly shoulders on which some of the greatest Christian thinkers and writers of the 20th century stood, according to this Imaginative Conservative essay by...
When Agriculture is Faring Well
St. William of Vercelli An interesting quote by Xenophon on the subject of agriculture sparked John Cuddeback to write this short essay, “The Mother of All Arts” for Bacon from Acorns. The architecture of...
Behold This Heart
St. John the Baptist June is drawing to a close, and you may realize with a pang that you didn’t do all you intended to in order to honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus. ...
