I was idly tapping search terms into the Interweb and, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but this recent addition to the Criterion Collection:
Not only have I not seen this film, I’ve not heard of it. Anyone?
Wise Blood, the movie
January 4, 2011 by at 12:15 am
Advent Meditation: Gaudete Sunday edition
December 12, 2010 by at 11:52 pm
Make no mistake: God is not mocked, for a person will reap only what he sows.
The one who sows for his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows for the spirit will reap eternal life from the spirit.
Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up.
— Galatians 6:7-9
Advent Meditation: Expectancy
December 5, 2010 by at 7:18 pm
“The truly expectant person keeps company with his expectancy every day. It arises earlier in the morning than he himself, is up and about sooner, goes to bed later in the evening than he does himself; the inner being, to whom expectancy belongs, does not need as much sleep as the outer being. His concern is the same every day, because his innermost life is equally important to him at every moment. Yet he does not consume his soul in impatience, but in patience he offers his expectancy; in patience he sacrifices it by submitting it to God.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, “Patience in Expectancy”.
Two riders were approaching
December 4, 2010 by at 3:55 pm
Bad Catholics, like those here assembled, ought to listen to the words of good priests, especially when those words are about Bob Dylan. Let us listen attentively:
Advent Meditation: Thanksgiving Edition
November 28, 2010 by at 10:54 pm
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
James 5:7-8
Korrektiv Public Library
October 19, 2010 by at 1:34 pm
Starting today, the Korrektiv Public Library will be tucking the following bookmark into the pages of every book we loan (click to enlarge, presumably):
* We owe thanks to Marc Drogin’s fine book Anathema! Medieval Scribes and the History of Book Curses for the precise wording of this policy.
Five Devotions
August 5, 2010 by at 2:15 am
My devotions are not as worldly as Rufus’, but I make up for that in other ways.
(1) Mass
(2) Lectio Divina
(3) Angelus
(4) Compressed Rosary (Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s, Glory Be)
(5) St. Augustine, St. Benedict, J.S. Bach
The other internet
July 9, 2010 by at 2:16 am
Percy and the Century of Merde
May 27, 2010 by at 1:22 am
In French, friends, merde is a naughty word, but Walker Percy was not naughty in that respect.
Knight of Faith vs. Antichrist
May 5, 2010 by at 11:17 pm
To celebrate his birthday, Søren has beat the hell out of Friedrich. Happy birthday, Søren!
Korrektiv Christmas Gift Suggestion
December 21, 2009 by at 8:15 pm
Consider a gift that says, “Winter won’t last forever”. You’ll be glad you did!
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