Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Precious Blood, 18th Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 By this I mean primarily writing moral fiction, because this is the field which I can come closest to guaranteeing results. That is not to say I cannot assist in anything nonfiction or fiction, from screenplays to history to […]
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Miss Die Vernon
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Immaculate Heart, 1st Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 It is amazing to me how much of “classic” literature is concerned with the theme of the particular perversion of transexuality. I am dealing in this case with the character of the novel Rob Roy, Diana Vernon, or, as she […]
Second Decade
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Precious Blood, 4th Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 These are fictive meditations on the fifteen traditional mysteries of the Rosary. This second is the Visitation, the feast of which was celebrated two days ago, and is the major Marian feast of my parish. By it, Our Lord is […]
The Murky Waters of Vatican II
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Precious Blood, 3rd Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 The title of the article refers to a book I have recently finished, which is the first volume of a series of scholarly works related to that council. I am in a somewhat awkward position for my choice of […]
Lighting Candles
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Precious Blood, 2nd Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 I have the misfortune of discovering myself obliged to be in public. As my devotional life advances, and I pray desperately to St. Joseph for the virtue of meekness and the destruction of anger (See my Servant Leadership article), […]
Looking for Work
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Precious Blood, 1st Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 This is something of a sequel to my previous article on charity being dead from the world. At the time of that article, we were fairly happy to look for people to give charity to, and now we have […]
Creation Week and the Incarnation
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Sacred Heart, 7th Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 I am going through my journal for Christmas and typing up my works. This reflection on St. Hilary’s Day does not fit into any of my books. Forgive me if it is raw or unenjoyable. St. Hilary’s Day Jesus […]
Servant Leadership
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Sacred Heart, 2nd Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 Of all the wills that surround me, the one always trying to damn me and the most successful at it is my own. Recently I discovered this when my sheep broke out of their fence. It occurred to me […]
The Bard’s Tale
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Sacred Heart, 1st Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 This is an excerpt from a book I have written that is published and available from TaurusNecrus.com. It is called Saodfàil and is a story set in St. Patrick’s Ireland before its conversion. It follows seven characters as they […]
Why Pray in Latin?
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of Mary, 27th Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 St Bede the Venerable My wife had a good idea during Lent and put it into actuality by making a social media post giving various reasons why it is beneficial to pray in Latin. We were talking about it at the […]