Try to imagine what a hymn to the Mother of God might have sounded like in the court of Alfred the Great. Imagine no longer! Close your eyes and enjoy this hymn in Old English to the Virgin... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FykZmH_aZiY
Here's my great conversation on The Frontline with Joe and Joe about the Great Books of Christian Civilization... RUMBLE LINK https://rumble.com/v64b56j-how-can-america-reclaim-the-good-life.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp X: https://x.com/withjoeandjoe/status/1873892263119773843 FB: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1D8AkdJ6L9/ YT: https://youtu.be/O2YaH5YaP8U
A conversation on the Ignatius Critical Editions... https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/12/29/a-conversation-with-joseph-pearce-about-ignatius-critical-editions/ The featured image is Aragorn by Jef Murray.
Singing the praises of a little-known Catholic novelist... https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-stranger-to-fame
One of the most beautiful Christmas carols sung beautifully in one of the most beautiful of languages... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WULLjrXBaK4
Some readings for Christmas recited with the pronunciation of Shakespeare's time... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeHn7MRAiDE26OvwOw5UAJA If this has whetted your appetite, please see the Inner Sanctum for exclusive renditions of Christmas poems by Shakespeare's contemporary, St. Robert Southwell, recited by Professor Nawrocki. These have been made available to me by Professor Navrocki and are not available on YouTube [...]
I'm sharing this wonderful adaptation of the recently discovered Christmas poem by Tolkien. Here's the link to the music (the text of Tolkien's poem is below): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0zxCz_0omU NOEL Grim was the world and grey last night: The moon and stars were fled, The hall was dark without song or light, The fires were fallen dead. [...]
A ghost story for Christmas... https://aleteia.org/2024/12/24/what-happened-when-father-christmas-met-g-k-chesterton?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_campaign=EM-EN-Newsletter-Daily-&utm_content=Newsletter&utm_term=20241224
Long before "The Night Before Christmas" there was the Knight Before Christmas... https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2024/12/knight-before-christmas-joseph-pearce.html
