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Apr 25

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A Heart Well Broken

Br Thomas White, LC

Les Miserables is one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time (and also one of the biggest, a real brick). It also holds first place among my favorite books. As I finished it up for a second time a few weeks ago, I put it down with a deep sense of satisfaction for two reasons. First of all, I had finished a 1200 page book, which is an accomplishment in itself. Second of all and more importantly, it had changed me. But why? Was it just a nice story, or was there something deeper? I felt like there was something deep inside me that the book touched. As a humanist who is studying the heart of man, I started to do some thinking. Read more

May 30

Mary and Elizabeth: On Tomorrow’s Feast of the Visitation

Original artwork by Br Luis Alberto de Avila, LC

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May 9

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Mistakes

Br Matthew Schneider, LC

 

Reading, waiting for the others to finish, admiring the artwork, so sat I in St Peter’s. Then I realized something new. The statue right behind me had more carving work than first meets the eye.

Before I tell you what I discovered, let’s go back a step. I had been asked to serve a minor ceremony in St Peter’s Basilica and we were in acolyte practice. The problem with being the tallest is that the master of ceremonies immediately says “cross” when he sees me. I have to do weightlifting for a few minutes, then I sit there for most of the ceremony. Where we sit tourists can’t usually get close.

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May 8

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Caravaggio’s “Doubting Thomas”

Br Andres Colmenares, LC

 

We have all gone through one stage of our life or another when living our Christian faith was more difficult than normal. Something happens that makes us put into question the very beliefs that were inscribed in our hearts. But Christ’s constant yearning is for us to “Believe and doubt no longer” (John 21:27).

Caravaggio was a painter who lived towards the end of the 16th century. There is something in his paintings depicting religious subjects that easily catches the attention of the viewer. Caravaggio’s “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” tells the story of himself, but above all, of each of us in our journey through life.

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Apr 18

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This Is the Wood of the Cross

Original Photography by Br Ivair Watte, LC

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Apr 2

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A Day at the Museum

Br Daniel Carter, LC

 

The community of humanists from the Legionary seminary of Cheshire dropped in on the Big Apple recently. Part of the curriculum is a monthly visit to a museum, usually in New York City or Boston. These visits are always highlights for the brothers in addition to being moments of Catholic witness. When people see sixty young men dressed in black throng past them on the sidewalk, they usually stop for a second look. The braver ones even pull one or more brothers aside for a little Q&A. They’re curious.

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Mar 31

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Antigone and Radical Christianity

Br Robert Wills, LC

 

“I have come to set the world on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing” (Lk 12:49). Does that sound a bit radical to you? Well, it simply is. This is a quote from the very founder of Christianity, Jesus Christ.

Christianity is inherently radical, but not in one overused sense of the term. Being radical isn’t about suicide bombings. What is truly radical is being a true Christian, one who is not afraid of being faithful to God, even to the point of death. It should bring the light and life to others, not destruction.

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Mar 26

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Original Annunciation Artwork

Original artwork by Br Luis Alberto de Avila, LC

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Mar 19

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The Ache

Br Jonathan Flemings, LC

Light diffuses itself gently on high, cream-colored, plastered walls and the worn, wooden floor from somewhere up above, filling the gallery with clarity. The hushed sounds of gentle footsteps on hardwood and the murmur of conversation somewhere in a distant atrium are an audible backdrop to the silence in the gallery where I’m standing contrapposto opposite a masterpiece. Everything else in the room recedes into a fuzzy blur round the circular frame before me. The trio of figures on the canvas seems to exist in an eternity of their own, which has just opened to admit a lone visitor. In that quiet hall something about Rafael’s creation, the Alba Madonna, captivates me, playing my soul like a cello in the hands of Pablo Casals. Gazing on the serenity of those faces and forms—the silent exchange between Mary and Jesus and John the Baptist, the motionless yet meaningful composition—is an experience of beauty.

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Mar 5

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The True Statue of Liberty

Br Matias Garmendia, LC

When I was a child, I always thought the Statue of Liberty was an image of the Virgin Mary. Now that I live in the United States, I turn my gaze once more to this magnificent colossus of the modern world, and remorse for my mistake also piques in me the curiosity to know the similarity of this symbol, maybe the most famous statue in the world, to that other, much greater icon, the Blessed Virgin Mary. In fact, I find many common characteristics between the two.

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