7 February 2022 | St. Romuald | Menlo Park, Calif.

Returning after a two-week break, I share my reactions to a friend’s priestly ordination, some thoughts on Dickens’ genre-crossing and the role of ghost stories in the Pickwick Papers, and one more practical suggestion on prayer. Plus: why do we do so many things three times in the Roman Rite?

Opening music: “Gospodi pomiluj,” arr. Grigory Lvovsky, sung by Choeur d'hommes Phoneomen, dir. Roman Imamutdinov, 2011. All rights reserved.