Classical philosophical thought has always considered love to be a quasi-deterministic force. Love, both in the human world, and the natural world which contains it, is something which seems to apply its own energy to the will of all creatures.…
The Church this time of year is filled with holy and earnest expectation. We hear, year after year, the sighs of the Bride, the Church, for the presence of the Bridegroom. The calls become louder and more extravagant as we…
Almost a year ago, just prior to the lockdowns which were imposed upon much of the United States, a pathogen of largely unknown virulence arrived on these shores. In those days, faced with so many questions regarding the lethality and…
Sometimes very important turning points in history have a knack for falling on important Feast Days on the Church’s calendar. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 comes to mind, with the subsequent declaration of war on…
A Happy Year of Grace 2021 to all readers and friends of the blog Scutum et Lorica! I am very blessed to be here. One of the top pieces of advice given to bloggers when they begin their output, which…
There is an old saying which is as certain in its meaning as it is uncertain in its origins: “Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.” Destruction is preceded by delusion. This idea, which is rooted in…
Since the Industrial Revolution, mankind has invented thousands, or perhaps even millions of labor-saving devices. We travel faster than ever before imagined over land, sea and air. Most of the world, even in the most impoverished areas, has a quality…
A Lent to Remember Lent as a season has always been a sort of a “back to school” for Christ’s disciples. No matter whether you’re eight or eighty-eight, everyone is invited to reenter a sort of spiritual catechumenate, to seek…
Today marks the one year anniversary of the founding of this blog, Scutum et Lorica, from the beloved Psalm 91, which states that God’s faithfulness is “breastplate and shield”, hence the name. I began this blog after an inspiration at…