Monthly Theme: June
We bid adieu to mild May, but what of June, I pray?
Happy month of June and of the Sacred Heart!
While none of us at The Broken Binnacle are theologians (which may be obvious to you after this last month of writing), we hope you at least gleaned some small takeaways from our essays on the Sacraments, or the three that we wrote about. We also invite you to keep learning more about, and participating in, if possible, these wonderful spiritual gifts.
Along with this exhortation to deepen your understanding of the Sacraments, we also warmly invite any of you who aren’t Catholic to reach out to us if you have any questions about the Catholic faith!
May Recap:
Peter kicked off the month of May by writing on the sacrament of Confirmation, followed by my essay on Anointing of the Sick, with a closing article from John on the sacrament of Holy Orders. If you enjoyed any of our essays, then please like, comment, and share with a friend!
In you missed reading any of the essays from our May series, you can catch up by finding them here:
The Dove and the Fire by Peter Cermak
The Olive Press of Suffering by James O’Reilly
The Rites of Orders by John Jakubisin
Now, without further ado, our theme for June…
It should come as no surprise that we’re not literary critics either, but we are excited to share our humble thoughts on William Shakespeare’s comedies, even if our attempts to write on this theme are tragic in scope.
We won’t try to make the argument that Shakespeare was an underground Catholic (well, John Briggs might try to pull it off), but we will as always bring a young—and hopefully insightful—Catholic approach to the subject.
“Sing no more ditties, sing no more
Of dumps so dull and heavy.
The fraud of men was ever so
Since summer first was leafy.
Then sigh not so, but let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into hey, nonny, nonny.”~ William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
Here’s to hoping this next month on Shakespeare is a chance for you to step away from the “dull and heavy” dumps of life. If any of our essays inspire you to go read one of Shakespeare’s comedies, then we’ve fulfilled 90% our mission.
Lastly, if you’ve read to the end of this short email, then please comment your favorite Shakespeare comedy below!
I am here for this!! So many great ones to choose from but I may have to say The Winter’s Tale is my favorite. One of his least comedic comedies, but so rich! But Much Ado is also sublime
YES!!!!! Great theme. I can’t pick! The tempest! Summer Nights Dream (going into summer no less!) and Much Ado! The great triptych! They are all fabulous tho-can’t wait to see what enfolds!