Category Archives: T. S. Eliot

The Cultivation of Christmas Trees

Posted on 20 December 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by T. S. Eliot There are several attitudes towards Christmas, Some of which we may disregard: The social, the torpid, the patently commercial, The rowdy (the pubs being open till midnight), And the childish – which is not that of … Continue reading →

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How to Read the Quartets

Posted on 28 April 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

 

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Jessica Hooten Wilson on ‘The Four Quartets’

Posted on 27 April 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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Meditating Four Quartets: The Fire and the Rose are One

Posted on 30 April 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“Certainly there was an Eden on this very unhappy earth,” J. R. R. Tolkien wrote to his son Christopher in early 1945. “We all long for it, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and … Continue reading →

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Meditating Four Quartets: Little Gidding (V/3)

Posted on 3 April 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The moment of the rose and the moment of the yew-tree Are of equal duration. A people without history Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern Of timeless moments. So, while the light fails On a winter’s … Continue reading →

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Meditating Four Quartets: Little Gidding (V/2)

Posted on 29 March 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

We die with the dying; / See, they depart, and we go with them. / We are born with the dead: See, they return, and bring us with them. The first part of the verse is striking but not surprising. … Continue reading →

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Meditating Four Quartets: Little Gidding (V)

Posted on 27 March 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Fifth Movement What we call the beginning is often the end / And to make an end is to make a beginning. / The end is where we start from. February 2014—I began with Burnt Norton. Of course. One begins … Continue reading →

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Meditating Four Quartets: Little Gidding (IV)

Posted on 22 March 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2VygxHAeKpE . 29 May 1940 was a frightening day for the men awaiting evacuation at Malo-les-Bains beach. Hundreds were killed while waiting for evacuation. Multiple rescue ships were destroyed by the Luftwaffe. “The destroyers pumped shells into the air, and … Continue reading →

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