Grantian Florilegium
The Devil’s Radio
“Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, comparedto the tongue of a Gossip.” Richard Steele“Gossip is the Devil’s radio.” George Harrison “Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when theyaren’t present.” P.J. O’Rour…
Gossipy Hobgoblins
”Unspoken expectations and unfounded assumptions are the most destructive hobgoblins of any enterprise.” Richard Loveland
Handel’s Messiah
Thefirst public performance of Handel’s Messiahwas held in Dublin, Ireland on this day in 1742. George Frideric Handel was a Baroque composer from Magdeburg who had lived in England for thirty years. The previous summer he was invited to…
A Mountebank’s Resurrection
“When I was a little child,bishops expressed doubts about the Resurrection, and were called courageous.When I was a girl, G. K. Chesterton professed belief in the Resurrection, andwas called whimsical. When I was at college, thoughtful people express…
Good Friday at Parish
Hewas the king of glory, the Morning Star, the image of the invisible God, thefirst born of all creation—by Him all things were created in heaven and onearth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers orauthorities. All thin…
Chesterton’s "The Donkey"
When fishes flew and forests walkedAnd figs grew upon thorn,Some moment when the moon was bloodThen surely I was born.With monstrous head and sickening cryAnd ears like errant wings,The devil’s walking parodyOn all four-footed things.The tattered outla…
Jan Comenius, Commemorative Printable Download
March 28, 1592 Pioneering educator Jan Comenius was born in Prague. Like most of the other followers of John Hus, he was forced into exile during the Thirty Years’ War. He and most of the ...