Summoning my inner Halloween geek

Happy Hallowe'en!

HT Mark Shea

St. Stephen of Hungary, ora pro nobis!

Reliquary of the Incorrupt Hand of Saint Stephen of Hungary

St. Stephen Statue, Budapest

Crown of St. Stephen

Gondor! Gondor, between the Mountains and the Sea!
West Wind blew there; the light upon the Silver Tree
Fell like bright rain in gardens of the Kings of old.
O proud walls! White towers! O winged crown and throne of gold!
O Gondor, Gondor! Shall Men behold the Silver Tree,
Or West Wind blow again between the Mountains and the Sea? 

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king. 

- JRR Tolkien

Peter Kreeft: Glory and Splendor: The Beauty of Language

JRR Tolkien; continue to see how he fits in.

Well, we've been talking about beauty. Let's talk more about the beauty of language, and thus talk a little more about language.

The goal of the philosopher is logos. Logos, like its Chinese counterpart tao, is an incomparably profound and multivalent word which has many meanings, essentially three. First, the ultimate nature of things, the one source of all essential reality and intelligibility. Second, human intelligence, wisdom, understanding, truth, as the knowledge of that essential reality. Thirdly, right language, right communication or speech or word or argument, that is, the expression of that knowledge.

continue at Catholic Education

This is one of the most profound articles I've ever read.