A Single Layer

Reading today's article on First Things 's website, I was please to read Neuhaus quoting the Adore Te Devote - attributed to Thomas Aquinas. I post it here in honour of the Advent season and the Mass of Christ: Godhead here in hiding, whom I do adore Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more, See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art. Seeing, touching, tasting are in thee deceived; How says trusty hearing? That shall be believed; What God’s Son has told me, take for truth I do; Truth himself speaks truly or there’s nothing true.

Sorry for the recent silence. I have a friend visiting, and the internet is poor comparison with live friendship. Will get back to you soon enough. Meanwhile, book suggestion: The Tale of Desperaux. I'm reading it on and off on my breaks at work. It's lovely. And yes, it's a children's book. And yes, it's about a talking mouse. Don't be hasty. No jumping to conclusions. (It's hard to get away from there once you've first made the leap.)

'Being John Malkovich' is in my list of top five strangest movies. It's right up there with 'It's All About Love', which is also in my top five worst movies list (these lists are unstable and organic, otherwise I would provide them here and now). 'Enchanted' is enchanting. I will say no more, for there are many people who might read this who don't want me to reveal anything before they see it for themselves. 'Bella' - everyone should see it. It has been described as 'melodramatic and predictable'. I might agree except that I didn't mind foreseeing the end and I have a tendency to view all of life with a little more drama than is generally required. Moreover, some people simply have serious problems. And sometimes those people meet up. And sometimes that intersection is worth narrating. Or filming. So I felt it was more than justified. It is also worth the two hours and seven bucks to see the most sympathetic eyes in the universe. ...