Tag: Fr. James V. Schall S.J.

Amateur Impressions of the Odyssey

A long drive recently allowed me to listen to the unabridged audiobook of Homer’s Odyssey. It was worth all 780+ minutes. Hearing the poem helped me understand why it is foundational to the Western understanding of human life, and how archetypal…

Dante and the Office – The Catholic Thing

Some people have trouble reading Dante’s Commedia.  For a “comedy,” it doesn’t seem all that funny. Teachers will tell you it is a “comedy” in the sense that it has a happy ending in Heaven.  Some people might chuckle at some of the punishments…