"The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all."

-Chinese Proverb

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Sorrowful Mysteries

Cardinal Friday: Pray and Sacrifice for Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life

The Pleasure and Communion of Austen’s Country Dance, by Cornelia Powers at Literary Hub

To Defend True Freedom, We Need to Know the Truth, by Ryan T. Anderson at Fusion

Banana Pudding’s Heated Debate, by Kim Severson and Rob McDaniel at Garden & Gun  

Video: Forgive Like Christ | Fr. Gregory Pine, at Pints with Aquinas

Tomie dePaola and I Always Wanted to Make a Book Together. Now, We Have, by Sarah Mackenzie at Read Aloud Revolution

Let’s Build, But Expect No Help, by Anthony Esolen at The Catholic Thing

An Imposing Victorian House Given Texture and Refinement, by Christopher Stocks at House & Garden 

Memento Mori: Thoughts of Death and Rebirth in a Reminiscent Season, by Monica Seeley at CWR