“As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all,” says Our Lord. “Similarly, as it was in … Read more
Regard this essay as a qualified mea culpa. I have long maintained that there is no point in arguing against “gay marriage,” because there are no arguments for it. To argue that a “homosexual” has no right to marry another man is not unlike arguing that a unicorn has no right to be a computer … Read more
According to the earliest biographical account, the last words of Gerard Manley Hopkins were, “I am so happy, I am so happy.” From a purely secular standpoint, it is difficult to see how Hopkins could have died happy. His career in the Society of Jesus could hardly be considered a success in either its pastoral … Read more