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Friday, March 28, 2025

Preview: Newman's Sympathy for the Sorrows of Mary (More than Seven!)

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On Monday, March 31, we'll conclude our discussion of Saint John Henry Newman's meditation on how "Our Lord Refuses Sympathy...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

For Lady Day Today: Purcell's "The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation"

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Henry Purcell set Nahum Tate's poem, "The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation" as an ode for soprano and continuo published in ...
Friday, March 21, 2025

Preview: Newman on "Our Lord Refuses Sympathy" and Mary's Sorrows

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Tuesday, March 25 is the Solemnity of the Annunciation, so it's so appropriate that we continue our Newman Lenten series on the Son Rise...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

From the NINS "Newman Review": An Article comparing Newman's Anglican Sermons about Mary

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Since on Friday, March 21, I'll be posting on another of Newman's Meditations and Devotions for our Son Rise Morning Show Lenten ser...
Friday, March 14, 2025

Preview: Newman on St. Joseph and Sympathy

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Since we'll celebrate the feast of Saint Joseph on March 19, it seems appropriate to focus on Saint John Henry Newman's commentary o...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Another View of Christianity in England: Peter Ackroyd on "The English Soul"

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Catching up on my reading of periodicals, I looked at the book reviews in the December 2024 issue of First Things and saw a review of a new...
Friday, March 7, 2025

Preview: Lenten/Newman Series on the Son Rise Morning Show

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On Monday of the First Week of Lent, we'll start a Newman/Lenten series on the Son Rise Morning Show, using a newly published collection...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Vestiges of Religion and the Decline of England, Part Two

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The second article on the decline of British society suggests that the Catholic Church can step into the gap to provide meaning and signific...
Monday, March 3, 2025

Vestiges of Religion and the Decline of England, Part One

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Two recent articles (plus a follow-up interview ) of note: one by Edward Pentin in the National Catholic Register and the other by Charles...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Preview: The Korean War begins 75 Years Ago and Venerable Emil Kapaun was There!

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I have a few more 2025 anniversaries to share on the Son Rise Morning Show, but this will be the last one for awhile as Anna Mitchell, Matt ...