Did a brother and I have to tip the skull of saint Thomas Aquinas on the side and give it a little respectful shake to make the bull of authenticity fall to the other side so we could see his face? Yes we did (always obey sisters). Pretty crazy when you think about it.

Blessed feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross! He who suffered on the cross crushed the power of hell. On the third day he rose again to clothe himself in power. (13th c. crucifix made by a local master for Öja church on the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Baltic sea)

Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP Dominican Friars will speak on Catholic and Eastern Christianity at Harvard University University on 19 September: haa.fas.harvard.edu/event/aletheia…

The french dominican coptic egyptian blend is potent. Axios!

We're trying a new thing here in Fribourg this semester.

OP ♥️ UCLY

Someone should ask me to translate Columba Marmion into Swedish. Because I would gladly accept.

På onsdag kväll så håller jag en liten zoom-föreläsning om "en dopets spiritualitet". Det blir nog en ganska fri historia där jag spekulerar och mediterar över lite Bibel, teologi och mystik. Om det låter kul så kan du haka på via denna länk: bilda.nu/arr/1220120/in…

Letter to a Trad friend (Claudel to Maritain, 1928)⏬

The poet of Postliberalism.

King Charles III reciting Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem 'God's Grandeur.' The world is charged with the grandeur of God.

Two papers at our conference on Orthodox-Catholic dialogue treated Myrrha Lot-Borodine's outstanding contribution to it (Mark McInroy, Georgiana Huian). Now Teresa Obolevich's book came out in English:"The Woman Face of Orthodox Theology" iota-web.org/myrrha-lot-bor… Also, there is..

Biskopen anstränger sig och lär sig gen z lingo. SVT Nyheter very lazy very not demure kallar honom "pastor".

« La pierre qu'on rejetée les bâtisseurs est devenue la pierre d'angle ».

OK, nu har de rättat

Ibland får man kavla upp armarna och ordna sina egna ljudböcker inför söndagspromenaden.

Please pray for Fr Gustavo Gutiérrez, OP, the father of liberation theology, whose health is very poor according to the Dominican Prior Provincial in Peru. At 96 years old he has until recent years been active and lecturing. May the BVM, S. Dominic & all the saints pray for him.

The fact that God could speak through Balaam's donkey is a consolation, for sure. But let's not fool ourselves: that donkey turned into kebab later on, no doubt.

See you in Lourdes pour le Rosaire ?