Significantly, Dell launches into a full-throated defence of the truth of all religions (20): which makes one wonder why he converted to Catholicism. Fr Yolland sees that his friend is […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” Pt 3
When Fr Yolland opens the package of all Dell’s worldly belongings he finds: … a neat pile of pyjamas—silk, for he felt them incredulously—a spotless collar, an Indian silk tie, […]
Read moreR.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” 2
When Fr Yolland first glimpses the shadowy figure of Christopher Dell, the latter is striking a pose, and his mouth and chin “seemed tilted in a kind of tragic appeal.” […]
Read moreR.H. Benson, “The Sentmentalists,” Pt 1
Robert Hugh Benson’s The Sentimentalists, was published in London by Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1906. Pitman himself (1837-1897) invented Pitman shorthand, and distance education using the English postal […]
Read moreA Maronite Crowning Hymn
Once more, with not only the approval but also with the invaluable benefit of Fr Geoffrey Abdalla’s critiques, suggestions, and editing, a Maronite Crowning Hymn. All may use it.
Read moreA Maronite Nativity Hymn
This has been approved by the director of the Australian Maronite Liturgical Commission.
Read moreBlosius: Meditation
The edition of his writing which I use is A Book of Spiritual Instruction (Institutio Spiritualis),Ludovicus Blosius, trans. Bertrand A. Wilberforce, ed. A Benedictine of Stanbrook Abbey, Burns & Oates, London, […]
Read moreHis Justice is Perfected in His Mercy
His Justice Is Perfected in His Mercy In the ancient Syriac conception, there is no contradiction whatever between the justice of God and His mercy. Rather, they are both aspects […]
Read moreReview, Wolfgang Smith, “Vedanta in Light of Christian Wisdom”
Review, Wolfgang Smith, Vedanta in the Light of Christian Wisdom, Philos-Sophia Initiative Foundation, 2022, 100 pages plus postscript, glossary, and index There are some extraordinary insights in this book. The […]
Read moreSidney H. Griffith, “Faith Adoring the Mystery”
Sidney H. Griffith, ‘Faith Adoring the Mystery’: Reading the Bible with St Ephraem the Syrian, Marquette University Press, Milwaukee, 2001 (56 pp.) This is splendid little book was first delivered […]
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