After two dream-like years living in Norcia, the cradle of Western Monasticism, Hilary moved unexpectedly with her three cats to the area near Perugia, where she gardens a great deal and tries not to worry too much.
Author: Hilary White
“Don’t Lose The Merit”: Keep Your Lenten Sacrifices Secret and Safe
When I spent a lot of time hanging around the Toronto Oratory, lo! these ten years ago, I was always hearing from the good fathers about St. Philip Neri, his spiritual approach and his programme of the spiritual life. Five …
Hope is a Fragile Thing; Without It We Can Do Nothing
For we are sojourners before thee, and strangers, as were all our fathers. Our days upon earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope. (1Chron: 15) A Good Day for Starting Over: Doing the Thing Fr. Cassian …
Though He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust in Him; Time For Our Own ‘Reset’?
Editor’s Note: Following a discussion of Dr. Peter Kwasniewski’s recent essay, “Preparing Now for What the Future May Hold,” 1P5 contributor Hilary White brought to my attention a piece she’d written earlier this month along the same topical lines, but …
O Clavis David! – “For We in Prison Sit Sorrowing, Hoping For the Sun”
This post originally appeared yesterday at the author’s blog. We encourage you to visit her there, where she writes about prayer, truth, beauty, and goodness, and her work in sacred art. The “O Antiphon” for December 20 – the Antiphon for …
A Different, More Terrifying Cosmos: Our Brave New Lovecraftian World
In his most recent podcast, Steve Skojec described the obviously deliberate games of ambiguity of the Bergoglian pontificate as a “Lovecraftian puzzle game”. “Francis is a monster of ambiguity and insinuation, making him a walking Rorschach test. Trying to pin …
The Desert And The Pursuit of Holiness – Part II
Editor’s note: the following is the second part in a series (see part one here) from our friend Hilary White, originally published at her new site, Hilary White Sacred Art. We hope you’ll visit her there for more about her …
The Desert And The Pursuit of Holiness – Part I
Editor’s note: the following is the first part in a series (see part two here) from our friend Hilary White, originally published at her new site, Hilary White Sacred Art. We hope you’ll visit her there for more about her …
To See Truly Integrated Catholic Life, Look to Gubbio’s Festa of St. Ubaldo
Integralism is a word that gets argued over a great deal among the American Catholic Twitterati. A lot of them are still having their old dispute over the limits of the Church with regard to the State, that never-ending problem …
Vatican Investigates Heralds of the Gospel: A Cautionary Tale
Cognitive dissonance: You can’t play Catholic in NuChurch Since the opening weeks of the Amazon Synod, we are presented with increasing evidence that, for the time being, at least, the Catholic organization that wants to stay completely free to practice …
A Warning to the Carmelites of Fairfield
Last month a couple of the nuns of the Fairfield Carmel were seen attending Mass at the FSSP apostolate, our parish in the ancient centre, Santissima Trinita dei Pellegrini. These are the sisters who have become famous throughout the Traditional …
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