Category: narnia

  • Not a Tame Lion

    Not a Tame Lion

    WRESTLING with the idea that one should both Fear God and Love him, praying for wisdom. The image arises first of the Icon of God, a human person. They are awesome, but – even if I do manage to love them for the right reasons, I never fear them except for what they could do…

  • Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff

    Avast! Here there be spoilers… During the last two weeks or so I reread the Chronicles of Narnia. All seven are still as magnificent as they were when I first read them in the Spring of 1980, my Sophmore year in High School. What struck me most during this reading was the way themes weave…

  • The Prison of Our Minds

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of St John Bosco Wednesday, 4th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) II Samuel 24:2, 9-17 Mark 6:1-6 Et non poterat ibi virtutem ullam facere, nisi paucos infirmos impositis manibus curavit, et mirabatur propter incredulitatem eorum.And he could not do any miracles there, only that he cured a few…