By Fr Jason Smith
I came across some old statues of the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary in Stony Point, New York, and as both Easter and Biltrix are on my mind, I immediately thought of posting some pictures of them. More…
Category Archives: Art and Culture
“Warm Bodies,” a Classic Romantic-Comedy Zombie Sci-Fi Thriller 19
I don’t go to the movies that often, and when I do, I don’t normally make it a zombie movie. But when I saw the trailer for “Warm Bodies,” something told me I’ve got to see this one.
Unexpectedly clean social commentary that makes you laugh at yourself
Before I get started, the only disclaimer I’d like to make is that I’m not recommending “Warm Bodies” as a “film for the whole family to enjoy.” I’m not even suggesting that you should see it, but if you More…
Images of God 4
Before the Incarnation, there were no images made of God. In fact, it was expressly forbidden. But because God took on flesh and became one of us, He then had a specific appearance in time and place, and thus it is permitted for us to make an icon of God as He appears in Jesus Christ. It has been said this way:
Great post from Reinkat today. This simple, short post tells me so much.
Check out her previous post on "Sacred Geometry" too. This is true Catholic culture that our religious minds are thirsty for.
God in Search of You 10
Like many other WordPress bloggers, Biltrix received a “2012 Year in Blogging” report. I decided not to share it as a separate post on the blog but I did want to share something interesting I found in the stats. People are in search of Jesus searching for them.
William Holman Hunt, Light of the World
Do We Recognize Beauty in Our Midst? 24
I purloined this story from another source (namely Facebook) — they won’t mind, I’m sure.
“A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: More…
Biltrix Review of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” 21
Biltrix Gives Peter Jackson’s Hobbit 5 Stars and 2 Thumbs Up!
From left to right: Meriwether Branybuck, Legolas, Fr Jason Smith (standing in for Golem), Gandalf, Bill the Pony, Thorin Oakenshield, Peregrin Took
All Souls Day: Why We Pray for the Dead 5
“Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.”
Death is a mystery to us, the great unknown.
Yet Christian language has a very positive, hope-filled language towards the mystery of death, as we pray in the Collect today at Mass:
“Listen kindly to our prayers, O Lord, and, as our faith in your Son, raised from the dead, is deepened, so may our hope of resurrection for your departed servants also find new strength.” More…
First Thoughts 2
"Every experience of beauty points to infinity." Hans Urs von Balthasar
Fr Jason Smith just launched his photo-blog on Wordpress. Check it out!
The Awakening Conscience 22
By Fr Jason Smith
The Awakening Conscience
We ache because we are not full.
In The Awakening Conscience William Holman Hunt places his finger—or brush, better said, on the ache found deep within every person: We either have God who alone can fill us, or we will endlessly try to pursue the things that cannot do so.
By most standards today, the woman in Hunt’s painting should be blissfully happy, if wealth, prestige, social status, gourmet eating, sexual encounters, and the like, indeed left one filled. More…
