Liber locorum communium

"'Unless the king should come again?' said Gandalf.  'Well, my lord Steward, it is your task to keep some kingdom still aga...

"My sister, years ago, asked me to be godfather to my new nephew and I, being very dutiful though frequently misguided, felt obliged to...

Almighty, eternal God, you choose what the world considers weak to put the worldly power to shame. May we who celebrate the birth of Sain...

"our intellect can grasp only that which has a quiddity participating in 'to-be' [while] the quiddity of God is 'to-be itse...

"Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.  Nothing which is true or beautiful o...

"The third form of reflective history is the critical.   This deserves mention as preeminently the mode of treating history now current...

"'She became part of the family immediately,' Ora continues as they descend, and she holds back a sigh, because something chang...