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Poetry
Walter J. Ong

Where earth goes to water.

G. K. Chesterton
From 1934, a defense of the church's sexual teaching
G. K. Chesterton
In These Pages: September 29, 1934.
Faith
Dorothy Day
A case for prayer as exercise for the soul
FaithVantage Point
Dorothy Day
An essay by Dorothy Day from April 19, 1933.
Paul L. Blakely
In These Pages: Dec. 21, 1929
The Editors
In These Pages: From Oct. 12, 1929
Francis P. LeBuffe, S.J.
There was once an Advent of some thousands of years.
Santo Domingo de Guzmán, c. 1685, Claudio Coello
FaithVantage Point
The Editors
St. Dominic de Guzman and his Order of Preachers have left a lasting impact on the church through their saints and defense of the faith.
Richard H. Tierney
In These Pages: Dec. 4, 1915
John C. Reville

Men of different temperaments and creeds, Gladstone and Wiseman, Dean Church and Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Shairp, Mozley and James A. Froude have borne testimony to the lasting effect produced upon them by the sermons of Cardinal Newman. The St. Mary's sermons stirred Oxford to its depths. The Catholic discourses showed no less of power; there was a gain even in breadth and warmth of feeling. These masterpieces are today a storehouse of spiritual energy, a mine seamed with lodes and veins of purest gold.

Film
John P. McCarthy
Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Not an obvious choice but after watching him play the 32nd president in “Hyde Park on Hudson” it makes perfect sense. Over the last two decades, Murray has been venturing beyond clownish goofball parts to tackle more subtle and mature, if still m
Film
John Anderson
The fleetingness of life itself, and its slipperiness, anchor Michael Haneke's film 'Amour.'