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1 week ago | 
theimaginativeconservative.org | Joseph Pearce
Whereas Chaucer had depicted April as the bringer of life that lifts the hearts of the faithful, T.S. Eliot curses April for its cruelty in bringing back to life things and thoughts that were best left dead and buried. April is the cruellest month…. The opening words of The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot are amongst the most memorable and memorized in all of literature.
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2 weeks ago | 
ncregister.com | Joseph Pearce
Siegfried Sassoon’s late-life conversion and poetry offer a moving meditation on faith, suffering and the redemptive light of Christ. ‘Crucifix’ (photo: LukeOnTheRoad / Shutterstock) Blogs April 9, 2025 One of the finest religious poems of the 20th century is “Lenten Illuminations” by Siegfried Sassoon, written shortly after the poet’s reception into the Church in 1957.
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2 weeks ago | 
aleteia.org | Joseph Pearce
Lenten Campaign 2025This content is free of charge, as are all our articles. Support us with a donation that is tax-deductible and enable us to continue to reach millions of readers. DonatePicture the scene. It’s the first day of December in 1581. A crowd has gathered at Tyburn, the place in London where criminals are executed, to witness the martyrdom of Edmund Campion. His crime was being a Jesuit priest.
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2 weeks ago | 
lewrockwell.com | Joseph Pearce
See you the windy levels spreadAbout the gates of Rye? O that was where the Northmen fled,When Alfred’s ships came by. -Rudyard Kipling, from “Puck’s Song”“The high tide!” King Alfred cried.
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2 weeks ago | 
ewtn.co.uk | Joseph Pearce
Siegfried Sassoon’s late-life conversion and poetry offer a moving meditation on faith, suffering and the redemptive light of Christ. , April 9, 2025 – National Catholic RegisterOne of the finest religious poems of the 20th century is “Lenten Illuminations” by Siegfried Sassoon, written shortly after the poet’s reception into the Church in 1957.
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2 weeks ago | 
theimaginativeconservative.org | Joseph Pearce
President Trump’s protection of the American economy through the implementation of protectionist principles with regard to trade is nothing less than an extension of his desire to protect America’s sovereignty. “Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.” —Donald Trump (First Inaugural Address)The world is full of ironies… and the world of politics especially.
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3 weeks ago | 
theimaginativeconservative.org | Joseph Pearce
Taken together, Louis Markos’ “Passing the Torch” and Michael Ortner and Kimberly Begg’s “The Catholic School Playbook” provide invaluable assistance in navigating the turbulent educational waters of our troubled times. They are also a sign of hope and a source of encouragement, and so are the hundreds of newly founded classical academies that are springing up across the land from sea to shining sea.
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3 weeks ago | 
theimaginativeconservative.org | Joseph Pearce
Over the centuries, the English have been something of a curse to the Irish. English rulers, such as Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and Oliver Cromwell, have sought to impose their will on the people of Ireland, often through the tyrannical use of terror on a defenseless population. There is, however, one sense in which the Irish have conquered not only the English but the whole English-speaking world.
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4 weeks ago | 
theimaginativeconservative.org | Joseph Pearce
Tradition is the extension of democracy through time. It is the proxy of the dead and the enfranchisement of the unborn. “Tradition may be defined as the extension of the franchise,” wrote Chesterton. “Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.” And he continues: “Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.
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1 month ago | 
ncregister.com | Joseph Pearce
From the Shire to Mount Doom, Frodo’s path was mapped with the Church calendar in mind — a quiet testament to Tolkien’s Catholic imagination. Illustration of Mary and Gabriel from Agostino Masucci’s “Annunciation” (1748) set against a background of “Lord of the Rings” concept art.
