The classic British comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail illustrates the perception that most modern people have toward the Middle Ages. In the film, King Arthur, driven by a false sense of chivalric machismo and misguided religious fanaticism, goes on a search for the Holy Grail. Along the way, he encounters a witch-burning, a... Continue Reading →
Notre Dame
The following is a moving and convicting tribute to Notre Dame, composed while she was burning and the world was watching. The poet employs beautiful language, as well as a well-known prayer to synthesize culture, emotion, history, faith, and philosophy in only these few stanzas. I.One red flame is lit among the shamblesThe white, wet... Continue Reading →