Perhaps our greatest desire, often unexpressed, is to be content, to be at peace with ourselves and our God, to be happy,
An Auction in Holland Highlights Problems - the Sale of Holy Relics
"If I Were, Who Would Know?"
Book Recommendation: A Journey with Jonah, Part Three - Art and Literature Through Centuries
The Holy Sepulcher, Rabbi Hillel, and "1984"
Book Recommendation: A Journey With Jonah, Part 3 - The Themes of Jonah in Non-Catholic Cultures
Spiritual Blindness, Grace, and Choosing to Remain Ignorant
Book Recommendation - Commentaries on the Book of Jonah by Joseph Ratzinger and Fr Paul Murray OP
Pain, Suffering, and the Sons of Thunder
Philadelphia Art Museum - Site of the Iconic Rocky Steps and of a House for Beautiful Art
The iconic scene is a metaphor for the narrative of an against-the-odds climb out of poverty to success, that not only applies to Rocky, but in many ways to Stallone himself. The imagery would not have worked if the site of the summit had not been grand, beautiful and in many ways a symbol of the idealized city.
