East Meets West #25: Little Nemo .vs. Slumberland

Last November, I learned that Netflix released a live-action adaptation of Windsor McCay's Little Nemo comics, and my first response was "What?" It seemed odd that producers would attempt to hash out a modern-day remake of a franchise that's been dormant since 1927; not to mention, how since then many popular movies with a similar … Continue reading East Meets West #25: Little Nemo .vs. Slumberland →

Anime Review #85: Anohana – The Flower We Saw That Day

About a week ago, I finished Anohana - The Flower We Saw That Day, and for that it will stand as the quickest time it took to me to post a review for after seeing the last episode. Now there were several reasons why I wanted to watch this series in the first place. For … Continue reading Anime Review #85: Anohana – The Flower We Saw That Day →

In the “Introduction to the Devout Life” St. Francis... sets himself expressly to prove that holiness is perfectly possible in every state and condition of secular life, and to show how each man can live in the world in such a manner as to save his own soul, provided only he keeps himself free from the spirit of the world. At the same time we learn from the Saint how not only to perform the customary acts of everyday life, (with the exception, of course, of sin) but also a fact which all do not know, how to do these things correctly with the sole intention of pleasing God... After having pointed out how we must flee sin, fight against our evil inclinations, and avoid all useless and harmful actions, he then goes on expounding the nature of those practices of piety which cause the soul to grow, as well as how it is possible for man to remain ever united to God. Following this, he shows how necessary it is to select out a special virtue for constant practice on our part until we can say that we have mastered it. He writes, too, on the individual virtues, on modesty, moral and immoral language, licit and dangerous amusements, fidelity to God, the duties of husband and wife, widows, and of young women. Finally, he teaches us... how every year it is necessary for each of us to renew and to rekindle his love of God by the making of holy resolutions. May it please God that this book, the most perfect of its kind in the opinion of contemporaries of the Saint, be read now as it formerly was by practically every one.
Pope Pius XI, Rerum Omnium Pertubationem (1923)

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