“Amen, amen, I say to you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall not have life within you. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, hath life everlasting: and I will raise him up in the last day” (John 6: 54-55).… Read More Examining Old School Anime: On Holy Communion
…modesty is ultimately essential to obtain that purity of heart without which we shall not see God… Read More Examining Old School Anime: On Modesty
“If anyone affirms that one can reach perfection without practicing exterior mortification, do not believe him; and even though he confirm this assertion by working miracles, know that his contentions are nothing but illusions.” -St. John of the Cross… Read More Examining Old School Anime: Asceticism
Better it is to be poor and unknown in this life and to be remembered by God for eternity than the opposite!… Read More Examining Old School Anime: On Glory
I’ve realized one of the charms of Leiji Matsumoto’s work: his style of creating episodes centered on a particular theme reminds one of G. K. Chesterton’s short stories and the chapters of his novels. Also, each of Matsumoto’s themes form part of a personal and systematic philosophy solidly based upon the truth. Meiji Matsumoto is… Read More Examining Old School Anime: Two is more than Three
I have written an article on my eponymous blog where I touched briefly on the folly of the war between Paro and Itha in Windaria. I noted that the film was an anti-war film which failed to create a real argument against war. As I understand it, people who label themselves anti-war claim that war… Read More Examining Old School Anime: Windaria and Just War
I have written an article on my eponymous blog where I touched briefly on the folly of the war between Paro and Itha in Windaria. I noted that the film was an anti-war film which failed to create a real argument against war. As I understand it, people who label themselves anti-war claim that war… Read More Examining Old School Anime: Windaria and Just War