... I haven't even updated my White Rose website to reflect the glorification of Alexander Schmorell as a saint last February. In the meantime, let me share with you a couple of links:

http://www.incommunion.org/2011/02/20/alexander-schmorell-a-witness-in-dark-times/ I may have shared this one before, as I'm quoted in the article

http://www. ( Read more... )

Such a cloud of witnesses ( Read more... )

( Cut for those who are afraid of spoilers, though I don't think that there are any )

Sixty-one years ago, on this date, Alexander Schmorell and Professor Kurt Huber were executed at Stadelheim Prison in Munich.

(crossposted to weisserose)

So I turned on the radio this morning, and of course, they are talking about Iraq, todays story being the abduction of Kim Sun-il. They played an audio excerpt of the video, where he pleads in Korean and English for his life ( Read more... )

One of the themes that is becoming more and more pronounced in the Harry Potter series is that of death. Voldemort is adamant that the worst thing that could happen to a person is that they should die, and he tries convincing Harry of this. After all, if this life is it, why waste your time trying to do good and trying to be noble, especially if ( Read more... )