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Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 298 of 352 of Olav Audunssøn: IV. Winter (Volume 4) (Olav Audunssøn, 4)
"Eldrid was the first person Eirik had known who made him feel so comfortable that he dared to keep quiet."
Dec 21, 2025 04:10PM Add a comment
Olav Audunssøn: IV. Winter (Volume 4) (Olav Audunssøn, 4)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 280 of 352 of Olav Audunssøn: IV. Winter (Volume 4) (Olav Audunssøn, 4)
"This was no doubt why Olav, in his heart, had always held greater affection for Arnvid than for any other man. Arnvid was so brave that he never feared bending down, if need be, to let someone place their cross on his back."
Dec 13, 2025 06:50PM Add a comment
Olav Audunssøn: IV. Winter (Volume 4) (Olav Audunssøn, 4)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 11 of 388 of Wisdom of the Heart: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful at the Center of Us All
"The means (methods) of pure science and pure religion are different, but the end is identical; to conform the soul of man to objective reality…
Science and religion seek truth as their end; magic and technology seek power. Magic is not religion; magic uses religion. Technology is not science; technology uses science."
Oct 24, 2025 12:50PM Add a comment
Wisdom of the Heart: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful at the Center of Us All

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 588 of 720 of The Word on Fire Bible: The Promised Land (Word on Fire Bible #4)
The story in 1 Kings 21 of the insatiable desire of King Ahab, the contentedness of Naboth, and the deceit of Ahab's wife, Jezebel, is truly instructive and the commentary from St. Ambrose describes it well.
Sep 22, 2025 03:37AM Add a comment
The Word on Fire Bible: The Promised Land (Word on Fire Bible #4)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 567 of 720 of The Word on Fire Bible: The Promised Land (Word on Fire Bible #4)
Good reflections on 1 Kings 17 including Bp. Barron's reference to St. John Paul II's law of the gift.
Sep 02, 2025 04:38AM Add a comment
The Word on Fire Bible: The Promised Land (Word on Fire Bible #4)

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Thadeus is 2% done with Parochial and Plain Sermons (Illustrated)
"Christ says, 'Watch and pray;' herein lies our cure. To watch and to pray are surely in our power, and by these means we are certain of getting strength."
Sep 01, 2025 05:50AM Add a comment
Parochial and Plain Sermons (Illustrated)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 77 of 352 of Olav Audunssøn: IV. Winter (Volume 4) (Olav Audunssøn, 4)
So many examples of Eirik's inconstancy in chapter V!
Aug 19, 2025 06:42PM Add a comment
Olav Audunssøn: IV. Winter (Volume 4) (Olav Audunssøn, 4)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 6 of 354 of My Battle Against Hitler: Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich
"[The artistic world of his parents and sisters] was reverent, not in the full sense of a supernatural reverence before God, but reverent in the recognition that the world is full of mystery and that great things call for wonder."
Jul 28, 2025 11:28AM Add a comment
My Battle Against Hitler: Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich

Thadeus
Thadeus is finished with Olav Audunssøn: III. Crossroads (Volume 3) (Olav Audunssøn, 3)
"In his soul, Olav had fought without hope, ravaged by a terrifying fear, against forces that were not flesh and blood.

"He now understood that it wasn't the suffering he'd endured that had destroyed all happiness in his life--a man could be happier while he was suffering than when his days were good."
Jun 29, 2025 12:23PM Add a comment
Olav Audunssøn: III. Crossroads (Volume 3) (Olav Audunssøn, 3)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 17 of 304 of Walking With God: A Journey through the Bible
"At the center of the first temptation, and at the heart of all rebellion against God, is a disordered vision of God that distorts him into a master who seeks to oppress us."
May 01, 2025 04:23PM Add a comment
Walking With God: A Journey through the Bible

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 91 of 216 of Olav Audunssøn: III. Crossroads (Volume 3) (Olav Audunssøn, 3)
Chapter IV seemed to involve a major mental episode for Olav. Definitely disorienting!
Apr 23, 2025 05:15PM Add a comment
Olav Audunssøn: III. Crossroads (Volume 3) (Olav Audunssøn, 3)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 68 of 216 of Olav Audunssøn: III. Crossroads (Volume 3) (Olav Audunssøn, 3)
Olav decided that Eirik would not inherit the axe called AEttarfylgja, or Guardian of Kin. He needed to remember to send word home from England about this.
The thought was very troublesome and he did his best to put it out of his mind.
Apr 22, 2025 11:25AM Add a comment
Olav Audunssøn: III. Crossroads (Volume 3) (Olav Audunssøn, 3)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 35 of 143 of The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses
"The sense that in this universe we are treated as strangers, the longing to be acknowledged, to meet with some response, to bridge some chasm that yawns between us and reality, is part of our inconsolable secret."
Mar 09, 2025 04:45PM Add a comment
The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 281 of 720 of The Word on Fire Bible: The Promised Land (Word on Fire Bible #4)
"Because Israel did not have arms, it abandoned the country to its enemies. We too grant our enemy an opportunity by our laziness in reading or consulting spiritual teachers, just as the Israelites did by their neglect of making arms or seeking Israelite smiths for them."
- St. Bede commentary on 1 Samuel 13:22-23
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The Word on Fire Bible: The Promised Land (Word on Fire Bible #4)

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Thadeus is on page 219 of 280 of Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)
Chapter XIII...Big reveal in this one. Wow!
Feb 23, 2025 07:06PM Add a comment
Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 193 of 280 of Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)
"But the instant Olav caught sight of Ingunn...wonderously beautiful... the realization slowly sank through Olav that a miracle had occurred."
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Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 127 of 280 of Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)
"Olav, who had a hard time getting close to others, was always happy and astonished when anyone sought his friendship."

Chapter VIII was a great view from Eirik's perspective.
Feb 15, 2025 04:56PM Add a comment
Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 29 of 144 of Leisure: The Basis of Culture
"For the use of the ratio, discursive thought, requires real hard work. The simple vision of the intellectus, however, contemplation, is not work."
Feb 10, 2025 11:16AM Add a comment
Leisure: The Basis of Culture

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 108 of 280 of Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)
"I have benefited each day from the healing that cures with certainty the leprosy of sin. But you must know that even the most effective healing remedies and the most costly salves will only slowly cure the sore-disease if one day a man again begins to scratch and opens new lesions in his skin. The same is true of us..."
- Sira Benedikt to Olav when on his death bed asking for continued prayers and intercession
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Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)

Thadeus
Thadeus is finished with The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
"'Battle is vain. Why should we wish to live longer? Why should we not go to death side by side?' said Denethor.
'Authority is not given to you, Steward of Gondor, to order the hour of your death,' answered Gandalf. 'And only the heathen kings, under the domination of the Dark Power, did thus, slaying themselves in pride and despair, murdering their kin to ease their own death.'"
Jan 18, 2025 06:24PM Add a comment
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 180 of 720 of The Word on Fire Bible: The Promised Land (Word on Fire Bible #4)
I'm struck by the similarities of the angel of the Lord appearing to Manoah's wife, the mother of Samson, in chapter 13 of Judges, to the Angel Gabriel's appearance to Mary in the New Testament. Reading the Old Testament really does strengthen understanding of the New Testament!

It is especially so when having the commentary of the Church Fathers inlaid beautifully in the Word on Fire editions!
Jan 14, 2025 06:48AM Add a comment
The Word on Fire Bible: The Promised Land (Word on Fire Bible #4)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 31 of 143 of The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses
"If our religion is something objective, then we must never avert our eyes from those elements in it which seem puzzling or repellent; for it will be precisely the puzzling or the repellent which conceals what we do not yet know and need to know."
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The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 168 of 720 of The Word on Fire Bible: The Promised Land (Word on Fire Bible #4)
"The human will cannot be assaulted from without; it can only be betrayed from within, by a free decision which, multiplied, forges the chain of habit..."
Bp. Fulton Sheen on commentary on Judges 10:6-9
Jan 06, 2025 04:18AM Add a comment
The Word on Fire Bible: The Promised Land (Word on Fire Bible #4)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 110 of 129 of Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence: The Secret of Peace and Happiness
In regards to what to pray for...
"They should make their offerings and vow their pilgrimages to obtain from God the amendment of their lives, the gift of Christian patience, contempt for the things of the world and detachment from creatures. Then afterwards they could pray for return of health or success in business..."
Jan 04, 2025 07:33AM Add a comment
Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence: The Secret of Peace and Happiness

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 19 of 280 of Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)
"At this moment he sensed no ill will in his heart toward the defenseless young woman who would soon be placed in his care. He wanted nothing more than to protect her and treat her well."
Olav referring to Ingunn
Jan 03, 2025 04:41PM Add a comment
Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 29 of 143 of The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses
"Do you think I am trying to weave a spell? Perhaps I am; but remember your fairy tales. Spells are used for breaking enchantments as well as for inducing them. And you and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness which has been laid upon us for nearly a hundred years."
Dec 27, 2024 08:08PM Add a comment
The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 93 of 188 of Archbishop Fulton Sheen's St. Therese: A Treasured Love Story
"The Little Flower did not speak so much of the word reparation. She spoke of consolation.That is what we bring to Christ, consolation, consolation of a good and a virtuous life."
Dec 05, 2024 02:31PM Add a comment
Archbishop Fulton Sheen's St. Therese: A Treasured Love Story

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 25 of 256 of Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Fun first story about her peafowl!
Oct 31, 2024 06:30PM Add a comment
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 52 of 139 of The Art of Living
"This 'functionalism,' is a grave threat to interpersonal relationships, because it actually prevents me from discovering myself, and knowing who I am."
Oct 10, 2024 04:28AM Add a comment
The Art of Living

Thadeus
Thadeus is on page 300 of 336 of Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows (Volume 1)
"Of greater importance was the fact that she had been put into his arms so that he might carry her over everything, lift any burdens away from her, and protect her. That was what true happiness was; all the rest was merely pleasure."
-Olav
Sep 15, 2024 01:41PM Add a comment
Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows (Volume 1)

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