Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), “Christmas Homecoming” on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post (December 1948)[1] Dear Peregrinus (9:15 AM): Thank you for writing recently and letting me know what … [Read more...] about A Last Thing
Dear Peregrinus
First Truth
Dear Peregrinus (2 PM): We have begun a daily reading of St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians (written in Ephesus in 54 or 55 CE) – sections of which constitute the first Reading each day … [Read more...] about First Truth
He Bent Down
6 They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.[1] “You're an interesting species. An … [Read more...] about He Bent Down
Walking on Water
Dear Peregrinus: You may not know me, but I have heard so much about you from our mutual friend Fr. Ganz that I feel as if I know you well. I have missed the regular company of Fr. Ganz here at … [Read more...] about Walking on Water
On “Be Not Afraid”
Dear Peregrinus (7:30 PM, Sunday): Our mutual friend, Fr. Rick Ganz, has journeyed to Coeur d’Alene for the summer to begin composition of his masterwork and to save the souls of wayward Idahoans. … [Read more...] about On “Be Not Afraid”
On Syzygy and the Mystery of the Moon
Seeing the “far side” of the Moon as it transits the sunlit Earth[1] Dear Peregrinus (Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time): I have been thinking about syzygy.[2] You? No, it was not a New York Times … [Read more...] about On Syzygy and the Mystery of the Moon
A Very Private Consolation
Dear Peregrinus (12 Noon, Friday): My goodness it has been some weeks since last we communicated - it was before Lent began on February 14th. My time was taken up with writing the Lenten … [Read more...] about A Very Private Consolation
On Resolution
Norman Rockwell, “Freedom of Religion,” one of his The Four Freedoms paintings. [1] Dear Peregrinus (9:45 AM, Tuesday): Happy new year to you, old friend, by which I do not mean from January 1st … [Read more...] about On Resolution
On Imagination as a Power to re-Live
Dear Peregrinus (Sunday, 8:37 AM, Pacific Standard Time as of 2 AM this morning): Thank you for writing back to me, and for that quotation you sent from Tolstoy’s novel, Anna Karenina[1] (written … [Read more...] about On Imagination as a Power to re-Live
On The Quickening
Dear Peregrinus (4:22 PM): Thank you for your letter and for passing along to me the kind words spoken to you about the study trip to Oxford University that Steve (and Thanne) and I led during the … [Read more...] about On The Quickening