The Guild Review

The Guild Review is a blog of art, culture, faith and politics. We seek understanding, not conformity.

Sunday, March 17, 2019

St. Patrick's Day

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In Irish music, many of the instruments used are diatonic. In other words, they are not chromatic; it's hard to play in more than two ma...
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Thursday, March 7, 2019

Getting Serious about St. Patrick's Day

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St. Patrick's Day is not far off. Many people will celebrate with green beer and garish plastic hats. But there are better ways to c...
Sunday, January 6, 2019

Eliot's Reflection on the Magi's Journey

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Today the Church recalls the coming of the Magi to adore the Christ Child. We know little about who they were or the nature of their journe...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Rossetti's "A Better Resurrection"

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Currently taped to my bathroom mirror is the poem, "A Better Resurrection," by the British poet Christina Rossetti. It is a poem ...
Saturday, November 24, 2018

¡Viva Cristo Rey! - British Style

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Tomorrow is the Solemnity of Christ the King, instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925.  Coming on the final Sunday of the liturgical year, it is ...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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"And miles to go before I sleep" - it is one of those lines we all know, but from where? Many Americans will recognize that it is...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Euphemism & Bureaucracy: A Recipe for Scandal in the Church

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Quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto! Any American Catholic with a pulse and a passing interest in Church news has become aware in the...
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