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The Darktown Strutters Ball
Today's song, popular during WWI, was widely performed and recorded during the entire 20th century. See if you recognize it!
Apr 26
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Debra Esolen
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The Darktown Strutters Ball
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"The Story of the Cross"
At the end of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain approaches the Green Chapel, a place of foreboding. There is no cross.
Apr 25
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Anthony Esolen
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9:57
Eight Men Out (1988)
Whatever else director John Sayles intended, Eight Men Out shows us that in a moral crisis, good intentions and a nice disposition, alone, will not…
Apr 24
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Anthony Esolen
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Eight Men Out (1988)
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Amid the chaos and the night of man
Our poet today gives us an eight-stanza lyric poem about the Resurrection and eternity.
Apr 23
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Anthony Esolen
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Jesus Lives!
If we are tempted to think of the universe as a vast machine running down, today's hymn reminds us that to Jesus “the throne / Over all the world is…
Apr 22
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Anthony Esolen
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Jesus Lives!
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EIGHTH
The eighth day, says Saint Augustine, is the seventh day raised to eternity: it has a morning, but no evening.
Apr 21
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Anthony Esolen
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5:56
"Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?"
Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded this song at San Quentin Prison with the Prison Choir. When those men sing about freedom, it moves the soul.
Apr 19
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Debra Esolen
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"Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?"
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Tony Esolen reads "Saint Peter"
For Good Friday we are opening this Poetry Aloud to everyone, Tony's reading of the 6th dramatic monologue from The Hundredfold. The speaker is St…
Apr 18
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Anthony Esolen
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Tony Esolen reads "Saint Peter"
Open to everyone on Good Friday is my reading from The Hundredfold. The speaker today is St. Peter.
Apr 18
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Ben-Hur (1926, silent film)
Directed by Fred Niblo
Apr 17
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Anthony Esolen
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Incarnation, and Passion
In 1650 England was a raging battlefield, and Henry Vaughan was not a well man. He called the poems he wrote then the fruits of Christ’s own passion and…
Apr 16
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