By Walt Garlington How the lands of our forebears once shoneWith the iridescence of the Gospel’s glow!Saint Timothy illumined northern Africa –His body, burned alive, left ashesKindled with noetic fireThat drove away the darkness of idolatryFrom a multitude of hearts.Saint Manire of Scotland’s northern Highlands,His apostolic preaching became more powerfulThrough the persecution he endured –His …
Search Results for: confiteri
By Walt Garlington Jeremy Matthews entered his Northern Virginia home,A typical deracinated Southern creature,Pleased with another day’s work at the DHS,Undermining threats to the Establishment in D.C.On came the lights, on came the television.The imagery of the news glided smoothly across the screen,Following the script he and his colleagues had sketched.Most of it was easy …
By Walt Garlington Lee’s tormentorsLack none of the demonic rageOf past persecutors –Dismembering him and his steedPiece by piece, as they alsoCut Christ’s martyrs apartOne joint at a time;Heating the furnaceTo infernal degreeLike Nebuchadnezzar’sDisgraceful menFor the Three Holy Youths.Defying their hatred,His face glowed in the fireWith sad nobility –Foolish souls! You have confounded yourselves,Making manifest …
For more information on the author, as well as resources on the Orthodox view of the departed, the meaning of a Saint and their veneration, explanation of old vs new calendar, and funeral hymns and prayers, click here. By Walt Garlington Dear friends, if you have time, please pray for these members of the Southern family …
By Walt Garlington I. Man understands intuitively that he was made to transcend the boundaries that the Fall has placed upon him, that he was made for a real union with the things around him. This is expressed in a variety of ways. The French mystical philosopher Simone Weil said, “We want to get behind [beauty]. …
June is a beautiful time of year. It marks the beginning of summer with its sunny adventures, pleasure of eating watermelon and catching lightnin’ bugs, and long, lazy days with friends and family. It’s also the month in which my oldest son was born (16 years ago this year, in fact), and includes some important …
For more information on the author, as well as resources on the Orthodox view of the departed, the meaning of a Saint and their veneration, explanation of old vs new calendar, and funeral hymns and prayers, click here. By Walt Garlington Dear friends, if you have time, please pray for these members of the Southern family …
By Walt Garlington The Confederate StatesNeither denied the Holy TrinityNor Christ’s divinity. They rejected the stumbling blocksOf cold deismAnd wild pantheism. They never invadedAnother country’s landTo pillage all near to hand. Those gentlemen did notCarpet-bomb a townOr nuke Asian ground. No one can accuse themOf starvation of civiliansBy economic sanctions, Of launching regime change ops,Or …
By Walt Garlington The Seymour Hersch revelations about the Biden regime’s bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines have apparently struck a nerve, as the deep state actors have produced a counter-narrative to try to undermine them. But it is so laughably flimsy that it is tempting to enjoy it as a work of comedy and …
For more information on writer Walt Garlington as well as resources on the Orthodox view on the departed, the meaning of a Saint and their veneration, explanation of old vs new calendar, and funeral hymns and prayers, click here. By Walt Garlington Dear friends, if you have time, please pray for these members of the Southern …