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August 8th, 2012Shakespeare and St. Thomas Moreby Joseph Pearce
A couple of months ago I was asked by the Spanish publisher, Rialp, to write the introduction to the first Spanish edition of the play, Sir Thomas More, which Shakespeare had a significant hand in writing. The extent of Shakespeare's role in the writing of the play is controversial.
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REVOLUTION AND RESURRECTIONby Joseph Pearce
With few exceptions, the quality of the posts to the Ink Desk are matched by the quality of the comments appended to them. I am, for the most part, greatly heartened by the spiritual and intellectual caliber of the people who visit the Ink Desk. Occasionally, however, a comment is made that is not only wise and insightful but brilliant in its succinct appraisal and summary of a complex issue. Such was the comment made by Thomas Banks to my post on May 17.
I am giving it pride of place as a post in its own right by pasting it below. I agree that all was not well with Catholicism in Europe, and in France in particular, prior to the Revolution and, indeed, if things had been better, the Revolution might not have happened.
Life in Deathby Joseph Pearce
My wife has just forwarded me this wonderful video. It focuses on a Catholic coffin maker and shows how Christianity lives with death in a spirit of joy and expectation. The Benedictine spirituality of ore et labore (prayer and work) reminds me of Middle-earth - of hobbits in the Shire but particularly of the elves who put all that they love and all that they are in to all that they make. In this sense the wonderful craftsman in this video is truly elven in his approach to art and life - and death:
LOVE AND REASON IN ROMEO AND JULIETby Joseph Pearce
I've been giving lots of interviews over the past few weeks in relation to the recent publication of my book, Shakespeare on Love: Seeing the Catholic Presence in Romeo and Juliet. Here's the link to a news story just published by the Catholic News Agency: