On Dover Beach

In 1867, Matthew Arnold wrote "Dover Beach", a haunting poem evoking the "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar" of the Sea of Faith. As a boomer who finished Catholic elementary school in 1964 and then watched my Church falter, I've found the roar all too audible. So here I wait, listening for the whispers of that Sea's invincible return.

Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
Thursday, June 07, 2012

Midway, D-Day, Churchill -- and us

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The past several days' posts on this blog may have seemed out of character for a place that usually concentrates on Catholic subjects. B...
Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Murder holes

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As I was writing my June 4 post about the Battle of Midway, Torpedo 8, and the Douglas TBD, another similar failure to give our fighting m...

D-Day + 68

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War is always a dirty mess. It kills and maims. It scars the minds and hearts of many who never take even a scratch. From this fact of war...
Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Not again, please

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These days, there's quite a lot of talk about our national budget deficits. Usually, when that talk turns to finding places to cut exp...
Sunday, June 03, 2012

Words for that Sunday -- and this one

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Seventy-two years ago, at the same milestone in the liturgical year at which we currently find ourselves, Winston Churchill made his first r...
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