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Friday, March 13, 2026

Preview: "My God, my God! Why hast Thou forsaken me?"

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As you might surmise, the next passage in Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson's meditation on the Seven Last Words of Christ our Friend Crucifi...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

Preview: Christ Our Friend's Last Word to His Mother and John the Beloved

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Next in our Son Rise Morning Show Lenten Series, on Monday, March 9, Anna or Matt and I will discuss Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson's med...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Another Book on Catholic Converts in the Twentieth Century!

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Stopping into Eighth Day Books to buy our next Chesterton group book ( The Ball and the Cross ) yesterday, I happened to see another book, a...
Friday, February 27, 2026

Preview: Christ's Second "Last Word", to Saint Dismas, the Good Thief

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In case you are not reading Benson's The Friendship of Christ this Lent, here is some background on this chapter on "Christ Our Fri...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Mozart's Church Music Via "Another Route"

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Sometimes you think you've lived before  All that you live today  Things you do come back to you  As though they knew the way  Oh, the t...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Preview: Christ our Friend on the Cross: "Father, Forgive Them"

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On Monday, February 23, we'll continue our discussion of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson's The Friendship of Christ on the Son Rise Mo...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Preview: "Christ in the Sufferer" on the Son Rise Morning Show

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On Monday, February 16, so close to the Ash Wednesday of 2026, we'll conclude our discussion of Part II, "Christ in the Exterior...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Book Review: Belloc on Oliver Cromwell

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The picture posted above "Cromwell and dead Charles I", painted by Paul Delaroche in 1831, is in some way the opposite of Hilaire ...
Friday, February 6, 2026

Preview: Monsignor Benson on How to See and Love "Christ in the Average Man"

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On Monday, February 9, we'll conclude our discussion of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson's meditation on how to see and love " Chri...
Thursday, February 5, 2026

Another Optional Memorial for October 9: Saint John Henry Newman, Doctor of the Church

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I really couldn't wait to express my delight at this news from the Vatican's Liturgical Office that Saint John Henry Newman's fe...