Showing posts with label St. Thomas More. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Thomas More. Show all posts
Saturday, October 28, 2023

Movie Quote of the Day (‘A Man for All Seasons,’ on Men and Angels)

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Sir Thomas More [ played by Paul Scofield ]: “God made the angels to show Him splendor, as He made animals for innocence and plants for the...
Sunday, November 1, 2020

Spiritual Quote of the Day (Fr. James Martin, on ‘The Saint as Companion’)

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“Traditionally, there are two ways that Christians relate to the saints: as patron and as companion….Christians, especially Catholics, ask f...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Quote of the Day (St. Thomas More, on the Soul and Gardens)

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“The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the poin...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Photo of the Day: An Unexpectedly Savage Place

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You’d never know, from the bright sunshine of this midwinter day and the trees, not to mention the peeps at contemporary metropolitan L...
Thursday, February 7, 2013

This Day in British History (Thomas More, Saint and Richard III ‘Biographer,’ Born)

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February 7, 1478— Sir Thomas More (left), a witty intellectual who rose to the heights of English law and politics, was born just down...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Quote of the Day (T.S. Eliot, on the “Chance of Greater Sin”)

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"Servant of God has chance of greater sin And sorrow, than the man who serves a king. For those who serve the greater cause may make t...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Quote of the Day (Raphael Holinshed, on St. John Fisher)

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“The hat came as far as Calais, but the head was off before the hat was on.”—Raphael Holinshed, on Bishop of Rochester John Fisher, executed...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Theater Review: "A Man for All Seasons," by Robert Bolt, at the Roundabout Theater Co.

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Like many New York theatergoers, I suspect, I found it hard to efface the memory of Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seaso...